After he missed three consecutive games with an upper-right rib bone bruise, Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees received bad news ahead of their series with the Boston Red Sox.

Dear Doctors: I slipped and slammed my shin on the metal ledge of a moving van. I could still move my toes, turn my foot, stand on it and walk, so I figured it wasn’t a break. A few days later, a big lump showed up, with lots of swelling and bruising.