Yankees' Aaron Judge to undergo more scans on bone bruise

Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge will undergo more scans for a "more specific" analysis of the bone bruise in his upper right rib.

New York’s captain missed his first two games of the series on Tuesday and Wednesday and the Yankees lost both matches to the Cleveland Guardians.

After Wednesday's 5-4 defeat, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that after undergoing tests earlier in the day, they decided on a "more high-power, more specific" examination to determine whether Judge would require a stint on the sidelines.

"The specialist got back to us, confirmed what we've seen to this point," Boone said. "They just want to get some more specific spots."

Boone ignored the reporters when asked if the testing had either confirmed or ruled out a fractured rib.

"I don't want to speak out of turn. I don't know that yet," Boone said. "It's to a point where he's not playing. We just want to make sure that we get a really strong diagnosis of things, and hopefully then we can roll."

Earlier this week, Boone said that Judge had been playing through the injury for weeks. The three-time Major League Baseball (MLB) MVP has only one homer and eight RBIs in 13 games and is hitting just .163 since May 17.

Aaron Judge, 34, entered Thursday’s match tied with Ben Rice for the team lead in homers (17) and has hit 10 doubles, contributed 38 RBIs and five stolen bases while batting .248 through 59 games.

Judge, a seven-time All-Star, is a .291 hitter with 385 homers, 868 RBIs, 213 doubles and 70 stolen bases in 1,204 games with the Yankees.