Morales’ HR streak ends at 7 games

NEW YORK — The surging Yankees appear to have help on the way.

All-Star slugger Aaron Judge participated in baserunning and fielding drills for about a half hour Monday at Yankee Stadium, and Gary Sanchez and Didi Gregorius also made progress in their recoveries from injuries for the Yankees, who are a seasonbest 36 games over .500.

“Just starting to introduce some baseball-type activities,” manager Aaron Boone said of Judge. “It feels like, hopefully, he’s improving a little bit.”

The towering right fielder has not swung a bat since July 26, the night he fractured his right wrist when he was drilled by the Royals’ Jakob Junis. Judge is hitting .285 with 26 home runs and 61 RBIs.

“We just haven’t gone to the next level of really starting to swing the bat yet,” Boone said. “That’s been trending in the right direction but has been something that’s moved kind of slow.”

The Yankees originally anticipated the reigning AL Rookie of the Year could return to action in as soon as three weeks, a prediction that has since missed the mark. Although he fielded some balls in right field Monday, Judge has yet to let his big right arm loose on any throws.

“He’s not throwing the ball (at) full intensity because I think that’s along the lines of really starting to hit,” Boone said.

Sanchez, on the shelf since July 24 with a strained right groin, began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Scranton/ WilkesBarre on Monday and homered in his first at-bat. Out for a week with a left heel contusion, Gregorius hit off a tee Monday and was set to see a doctor.

“He’s doing well,” Boone said. “We’ve seen significant improvement.”