For the second time, Aaron Judge is on the injured list. But while Judge was optimistic that he’ll return again this season, there’s still a lot of public uncertainty regarding his injury. Additionally, the Rangers saw Cal Quantrill, a key piece of their rotation over the past few weeks, go down early.
Judge talks injury
As expected, the Yankees placed outfielder Aaron Judge on the 10-day IL with a calf strain.
Judge indicated on the 19th that he would like to be ready for the playoffs. However, Judge doesn’t know what grade the calf strain is. As of now, the Yankees have yet to provide an update on that.
Quantrill left early
Rangers pitcher Cal Quantrill left the game against the Blue Jays in the second inning with a lat strain.
Manager Skip Schumaker indicated that Quantrill would undergo an MRI on September 20.
IL moves
The Rangers placed reliever Michel Otanez on the 15-day IL with a viral illness.
Giants pitcher Reiver Sanmartin was placed on the 15-day IL with a right oblique strain.
Astros reliever Enyel De Los Santos was placed on the 15-day IL with right knee tendinitis.
The Orioles transferred Tyler O’Neill to the 60-day IL.
Felix Bautista, who missed all of the 2026 MLB regular season up to this point, was activated from the 60-day IL after a rehab assignment. Christian Franklin (Orioles), Sam Hentges (Giants), Cionel Perez (Mets), Jose Quintana (Rockies), and Brice Matthews (Astros) were also activated.
Rehab assignments
Blue Jays OF/DH Anthony Santander went 2-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout for Triple-A Buffalo.
Astros pitcher Mike Burrows struck out two and allowed four hits over two scoreless innings (32 pitches) for Triple-A Sugar Land.
Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck struck out two over 3.1 IP (42 pitches) for Triple-A Worcester.
Guardians reliever Shawn Armstrong struck out one over a scoreless inning for Triple-A Columbus.
Other notes
Marlins infielder Xavier Edwards was removed in his club’s game against the Padres with a hand injury.
Trey Yesavage will come off the IL and start on September 21 against the Orioles.
Willson Contreras (hand), Tristan Peters (shoulder), and Bryce Eldridge (head) were out of their teams’ respective teams.
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