Aaron Judge does not need surgery on right elbow in 2025 offseason

Superstar outfielder Aaron Judge does not need offseason surgery to repair his right elbow.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone revealed the good news involving the Bombers’ biggest star on Thursday during an end-of-season news conference at Yankee Stadium.

Judge had an MRI after the season that revealed his elbow was healing well.

“It showed continued improvement in the flexor muscles,” Boone said. “And he finished the season doing pretty well. So no surgery is going to be needed for Aaron.”

Judge, who was put on the injured list with a flexor strain in July, returned to the lineup in early August but was limited to designated hitter duties. He returned to right field in early September and played the field relatively consistently throughout the rest of the regular season and postseason, although his throwing was affected by his injury.

Boone said that he expects Judge to be the Yankees’ everyday right fielder when the 2026 season begins.

“Heâ€ll take some time off and continue to do strengthening things and rehab stuff,” Boone said. “But we felt like he finished the season in a pretty good place, as we saw continued improvements with him.”

Judge, 33, slashed .331/.457/.688 — leading the Majors in all three categories — with 53 homers and 114 RBIs in 152 games in 2025. He led the American League in walks (124) and runs scored (137). Judge slashed .500/.581/.692 with one home run and seven RBIs in seven postseason games for the Yankees this October.

Two other Yankees, shortstop Anthony Volpe and starting pitcher Carlos Rodón, did require surgical procedures after the team’s season ended.

Volpe had surgery to repair the torn labrum in his left shoulder, and Rodón had an arthroscopic procedure to remove loose bodies from his left elbow and shave down a bone spur. Both players are expected to miss the start of next season but be ready fairly soon after Opening Day, either sometime in April or May.

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