Remember when a Royals pitcher plunked Aaron Judge on the wrist and he suffered a bone chip fracture and missed the next seven and a half weeks? The Yankees initially anticipated that their All-Star outfielder would only be out for two weeks, but that turned out to be overly optimistic. Instead, weeks turned into months and whether he would return in 2018 at all was called into question.
He finally returned to the Bombers’ lineup on September 18th, with just two weeks to go before the Wild Card Game. Yankees fans hoped that he’d pick up where he left off without missing a beat.