The seeds of Aaron Judge’s injury were apparently planted many weeks ago.
Judge, the New York Yankees star slugger, spoke with reporters on Friday about his rib injury. During his remarks, Judge revealed that he believes he initially suffered the injury while diving for a ball in the outfield in late April during a game against the Houston Astros.
Judge added that he continued to play through the injury for about a month before the pain became too much, per Jon Heyman of the New York Post.
That might explain a lot for the back-to-back reigning AL MVP Judge. Through the entire month of May, Judge batted an underwhelming .243 with five home runs, 18 RBI and a very modest .805 OPS.