Boone also opted against benching Austin Wells when he cost the Yankees an out in a recent game by forgetting the outs. He didn’t bench rookie Jorbit Vivas for not sliding into third base when he was out tagging up from second on a long flyball in Atlanta right after the All-Star break.

Sudden second-half swoons have been a hallmark of the New York Yankees' Aaron Boone era, so it shouldn't be news that one is happening right now.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Off the injured list as of Tuesday but only DHing because his right elbow isn’t fully healed, Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge was back throwing for the first time in almost two weeks before Wednesday’s series finale with the Rangers at Globe Life Park.

Aaron Judge is back in the lineup as the designated hitter for the New York Yankees following a 10-day stint on the injured list with a flexor tendon strain in his right elbow