New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge is on the injured list with a fractured rib and isn't close to returning to the lineup.

On Thursday, the New York Yankees have the day off. They are in the middle of their worst stretch of the season, losing seven games in a row (and getting swept in back-to-back series against the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox).

New York Yankees star Aaron Judge still has some time to go in his recovery from a broken rib.

BOSTON — There’s still no date set for Aaron Judge to get his fractured right rib imaged again, according to Aaron Boone, which means the Yankees can’t begin to point to a day when their best player might be back in the lineup.

Aaron Boone was asked for the latest on New York Yankees star Aaron Judge (via Talkin' Yanks). He has been out since May.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters Aaron Judge (rib) is a couple weeks away from followup imaging. Boone added that Judge, who was initially expected to miss 4–6 weeks with a fractured rib in early June,

Aaron Judge is “starting to feel better,” Aaron Boone said, though that feeling has not yet translated into concrete progress toward a return. Thursday will mark four weeks since the Yankees announced their captain had suffered a stress fracture of a rib and would undergo additional medical imaging in “approximately four to six weeks.