MLB.com | Mike Petriello: Aaron Judge, the best right-handed hitter of all time, has an opportunity to make historical past as soon as extra this 12 months. Though his manufacturing up to now in 2026 hasn’t fairly matched his play from the previous couple of seasons, he’s on tempo for 54 house runs, which might make the primary hitter ever to hit 50 or extra homers in 5 totally different seasons (he achieved the feat in 2017, 2022, 2024, and 2025). If we’re lucky, a 12 months from now we’ll be discussing Judge’s probabilities of changing into the primary hitter to mash 50 homers six instances.
New York Daily News | Gary Phillips: José Caballero is aiming to return from a finger damage on Friday. In what position will he return? That stays to be seen, as Aaron Boone is preserving his playing cards near the vest, stating “He’ll be in there. Look, we still got a couple days to go between that even being an option, so we’ll see.” Caballero performed eill because the starter filling in for a rehabbing Anthony Volpe, however now, Volpe is the one taking part in nicely rather than Caballero. Could Volpe get despatched again to Triple-A? Could Caballero return to being a utilityman, maybe slicing into Ryan McMahon’s taking part in time at third? All choices look like on the desk.
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MLB.com | Max Ralph: You might have observed that Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s pants have gotten baggier within the final week, and that’s as a result of they’re not his. Chisholm began sporting teammate Giancarlo Stanton’s pants as a tactic to attempt to get away of a season-long droop, and to this point, the returns are optimistic, the infielder posting a 1.302 OPS in his first 5 video games since donning the roomy trousers. Stanton supported the choice, telling reporters “I think it’s great… they’ve got homers in them.”
The Athletic | Chris Kirschner: ($) The Yankees got here into this collection with the Blue Jays feeling that they had one thing to show, trying to redeem themselves after their division rivals had their quantity all through final season. “We owe you something,” Jazz Chisholm mentioned of Toronto, who went 11-6 in opposition to the Yankees final 12 months within the common season and postseason mixed. Though they’ve been removed from dominant, the Yankees have accomplished sufficient in opposition to the Blue Jays this week, taking the primary two video games of the collection in dramatic vogue.
MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: Jasson Domínguez is making progress on his restoration from a scary damage a few weeks in the past, however he’s nonetheless a while from taking the sector. Domínguez not too long ago obtained a cortisone inject and hit balls off a tee yesterday however has no timetable for return.