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Blue Jays' George Springer reaches impressive personal milestone
Blue Jays' George Springer reaches impressive personal milestone originally appeared on The Sporting News George Springer has already outdone himself this season for the Toronto Blue Jays. He hit 19 home runs in 2024. But now in 2025, he's already up to 20 with a lot of season left to play. Springer homered Tuesday night to reach that 20-homer plateau, and it's an exceptional accomplishment in his career. It's now the ninth time that Springer has hit 20 homers in a season. MORE: Juan Soto, Josh Naylor and Cal Raleigh are making stolen bases cool again The moment is especially cool because it took Springer 145 games last season to get to the 19 HRs, but it's only taken 105 this season to get to 20. MORE: Phillies' pitcher Matt Strahm has the funniest reason for investing in Pokemon cards Now 35 years old, there was a question after last season as to whether Springer was washed up. But now he's batting .291 with an .899 OPS. He's got 13 steals and 61 RBI, too. This is a special campaign for one of the top outfielders of his generation. Springer has 281 career homers and a career OPS of .824. He was such an accomplished player with the Astros, and now he's having a special season for the Blue Jays in the middle of this special campaign for Toronto in general. MORE MLB NEWS: Yankees' Aaron Judge makes 29-team MLB history Dodgers' legendary lefty Clayton Kershaw is turning back the clock Bryce Harper reminds us how special he is Brewers set franchise record thanks to unlikely hero This Red Sox home run needed an assist from the Marlins Phillies' pitcher makes history not done since The Only Nolan in 1885
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Yankees' Aaron Judge gets bad injury update on right elbow problem
Yankees' Aaron Judge gets bad injury update on right elbow problem originally appeared on The Sporting News The good news for the New York Yankees is the simple part that everyone already knows: Aaron Judge is in the batting lineup. But the bad news, a fresh injury update provided by manager Aaron Boone on Tuesday, isn't great. Boone, speaking on WFAN, said he doesn't see Judge returning to the outfield during this week's series against the Rays. Further, he's not sure Judge will throw the same the rest of the year. 'We're trying to get through where he can let it go with ease and be able to protect himself,' Boone said. 'I don't think we're going to see him back to throwing like he normally does at any point this year, but that's OK, too. We've got to feel like he can go out there and be able to protect himself and represent himself.' MORE: Juan Soto, Josh Naylor and Cal Raleigh are making stolen bases cool again Judge went on the injured list late last month with a flexor strain in his right (throwing) elbow. It probably could've been worse, but it's still a risky injury, because it puts the elbow in danger of further damage if a player is rushed back into the field. It doesn't get impacted in the same way by a swing, which is why Judge can keep batting. But that's why he has only been the DH since he came back. Judge has played 11 games since returning on Aug. 5. He's batting .229 in that span with a double, two home runs and six RBI. MORE: Phillies' pitcher Matt Strahm has the funniest reason for investing in Pokemon cards With Judge at DH, the Yankees have given Giancarlo Stanton a few games in right field. That's not an ideal setup, either, given Stanton's limited mobility and the fact that he himself missed time early in the season with elbow problems. But at this point, the Yankees are forced to make it work with what they have. And that means Judge might be in a precarious spot the rest of the season until his elbow can fully heal. MORE MLB NEWS: Yankees' Aaron Judge makes 29-team MLB history Dodgers' legendary lefty Clayton Kershaw is turning back the clock Bryce Harper reminds us how special he is Brewers set franchise record thanks to unlikely hero This Red Sox home run needed an assist from the Marlins Phillies' pitcher makes history not done since The Only Nolan in 1885
