YANKS ACTIVATE JUDGE, NO HITTING YET
NEW YORK >> The Yankees are activating Aaron Judge from the disabled list but for now only intend to use him in the outfield and as a baserunner.
Judge has not played since July 26 because of a broken right wrist sustained when hit by a pitch from Kansas City’s Jakob Junis. The Yankees initially had expected Judge to return in about three weeks. Manager Aaron Boone said Friday the team is a couple days from making a decision on at-bats for Judge in a simulated game, a step before he will hit in a game. The Yankees want Judge to get any rust off before the postseason.
Judge is hitting .285 with 26 home runs and 61 RBIs.
Injured closer Aroldis Chapman is to throw another bullpen session Saturday, a simulated game on Monday and then could be activated in the middle of next week, Chapman has not pitched in a game since Aug. 21 because of left knee tendinitis.
— The Associated Press Oakland at Tampa Bay Arizona at Houston Minnesota at Kansas City Seattle at L.A. Angels Texas at San Diego
Saturday’s games
Detroit (Fulmer 3-11) at Cleveland (Clevinger 11-8), 3:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (TBD) at Boston (Porcello 16-7), 4:05 p.m.
Toronto (Reid-Foley 1-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 7-6), 4:05 p.m. Oakland (TBD) at Tampa Bay (TBD), 6:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Lopez 5-9) at Baltimore (Ramirez 1-5), 7:05 p.m. Arizona (Godley 14-9) at Houston (Morton 14-3), 7:10 p.m.
Minnesota (De Jong 0-0) at Kansas City (Kennedy 1-8), 7:15 p.m.
Texas (Jurado 2-5) at San Diego (Erlin 3-6), 8:40 p.m.
Seattle (Ramirez 2-3) at L.A. Angels (Heaney 9-9), 9:07 p.m. Atlanta Philadelphia Washington New York Miami Chicago Milwaukee St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Colorado Los Angeles Arizona San Francisco San Diego
Thursday’s games
Colorado 10, Arizona 3
N.Y. Mets 4, Miami 3, 1st game Chicago Cubs 4, Washington 3, 10 innings
N.Y. Mets 5, Miami 2, 2nd game L.A. Dodgers 9, St. Louis 7
Friday’s games
Miami at Philadelphia N.Y. Mets at Boston Washington at Atlanta Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs Arizona at Houston Pittsburgh at Milwaukee L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis Texas at San Diego Colorado at San Francisco
Saturday’s games
81 80 77 68 59 65 67 70 79 88 .555 .544 .524 .463 .401 _ 1 1⁄2 4 1⁄2 13 1⁄2 22 1⁄2 L.A. Dodgers (Hill 8-5) at St. Louis (Gant 7-5), 1:05 p.m.
Washington (Rodriguez 2-2) at Atlanta (Teheran 9-7), 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Reed 0-2) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 15-6), 4:05 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (TBD) at Boston (Porcello 16-7), 4:05 p.m.
Miami (Hernandez 2-7) at Philadelphia (Velasquez 9-11), 7:05 p.m. Arizona (Godley 14-9) at Houston (Morton 14-3), 7:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Nova 8-9) at Milwaukee (Davies 2-5), 7:10 p.m.
Texas (Jurado 2-5) at San Diego (Erlin 3-6), 8:40 p.m.
Colorado (Marquez 12-9) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 5-6), 9:05 p.m.