Judge likely ready when Yanks resume play

With all three Subway Series games postponed this weekend at Citi Field, the belief is that Aaron Judge will be ready to come off the injured list whenever the Yankees’ season resumes.

That could be Monday if the Yankees and Mets play one or two makeup games, which has been discussed.

“That is the thought, he should be ready. For our next game he should be ready to go,’’ Aaron Boone said of the right fielder who has been shelved with a right calf injury.

As for second baseman DJ LeMahieu’s left thumb injury, Boone was upbeat.

“I’d say he is doing significantly better than I anticipated at this point. I think it will be sooner rather than later. He took some dry swings for the first time [Friday] and played catch for the first time,’’ Boone said. “I think the initial prognosis was two to three weeks. I think that is going to be a fair estimate.’’

The Yankees will work out Saturday and Sunday in The Bronx after about half their roster was at Yankee Stadium on Friday.

“Judge and [Giancarlo] Stanton were in hitting and DJ played catch today and [Zack] Britton and some of our guys needed treatment and pitchers who needed to play catch, so we had a dozen to 15 guys,’’ Boone said.

Boone said Aroldis Chapman will likely face hitters Saturday or Sunday.

➤ The dark days in the Yankees’ organization didn’t end after the big-league club dropped three games to the Rays this week and dropped out of first place.

Friday, according to several sources, the player development program based in Tampa saw about 60 employees furloughed.

When the coronavirus shut down spring training sites in March, mny big-league teams immediately furloughed employees and eliminated jobs. However, the Yankees didn’t reduce their work force until Friday.

➤ Based on his history of leaving the Yankees and returning, keep a light on at Yankee Stadium for right-hander David Hale.

Friday, the Yankees dealt the 32-year-old right-hander to the Phillies for 25-year-old righty reliever Addison Russ. The Yankees designated Hale for assignment on Monday. It is the fourth time in the last three seasons the Princeton University product has been designated for assignment by the Yankees.