After he missed three consecutive games with an upper-right rib bone bruise, Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees received bad news ahead of their series with the Boston Red Sox.

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge will be sidelined indefinitely with a stress fracture of one of his ribs, the team announced Thursday night. The three-time AL MVP was out of the lineup earlier in the day for a third straight game and the Yankees were awaiting clarity about what they said was a bone bruise in one of the slugger’s right ribs that is causing right shoulder pain.

The Yankees are going to be without Aaron Judge for a while, perhaps all the way into August. It’s no secret that leaves quite a hole in the Bronx, from his physical 6-foot-7 frame to his three-time MVP bat and his superstar presence in the game’s biggest market.

Yankees superstar Aaron Judge is out of the lineup for a third straight day. The back-to-back AL MVP has been described as day-to-day with a bone bruise, and his absence from Thursday’s lineup means he did not start any of the contests in this three-game set against Cleveland.

The race for the AL MVP intensifies, with current trends favoring Yankees captain Aaron Judge for a third consecutive year. However, it may not be straightforward for the seven-time All-Star this season,

While the Phillies don’t need another top-flight starting pitcher, they should get involved in trade talks simply to drive up the price for their competitors.

According to ESPN insider Jeff Passan, the Yankees "will gauge the cost" of Detroit Tigers back-to-back AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal this summer. As the old adage in baseball goes, "you can never have too much pitching,