New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge (oblique), relief pitcher Dellin Betances (shoulder) and first baseman Greg Bird (foot) will all head to High-A Tampa to "start ramping up" there, according to manager Aaron Boone. Judge was able to hit in the cages on Sunday. All three players are making their way back from their respective injuries. Judge is the biggest name as one of the elite sluggers in the big leagues. He's been out since late April but should return to give fantasy owners an edge[...]

New York Yankees star outfielder Aaron Judge (oblique) took ground balls in the outfield Thursday. Judge, who has been out for the past five weeks, looks to be progressing nicely, with no setbacks coming so far from his first few sessions with the bat. If he can continue to ramp up his rehab and swing the bat without any issues, we could see him back in the lineup in early June.

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge (oblique) hit off a tee on Monday and also took dry swings and did some throwing, according to manager Aaron Boone. Judge, who has been out since April 20, is slowly but surely recovering and getting closer to a rehab assignment. It's looking like he'll be ready to return before slugging teammate Giancarlo Stanton. Judge is one of the premier power hitters in the big leagues. Hopefully he'll return to his mashing ways when he returns from the injured lis[...]

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge (oblique) said he could resume swinging a bat this week on the upcoming homestand. The power-hitting Judge has been out with an oblique strain since April 20, but he's slowly making progress and could be ready to return to the lineup in early June. The 27-year-old was hitting .288/.404/.521 with five long balls, 13 runs, 11 RBI and two steals in 73 at-bats before his injury. He'll return to being a fantasy difference-maker whenever he's ready to return. J[...]

For this week's iteration of Statcast Studs and Duds, it's back to the expected stats. This time, we'll look at slugging percentage by comparing players' Expected Slugging (xSLG) to their actual Slugging (SLG) rates.For those unfamiliar with this metric,Expected Slugging Percentage (xSLG) is formulated using exit velocity, launch angle and, on certain types of batted balls, Sprint Speed. Statcast attempts to measure what the most likely outcome would be for each batted ball in order to evaluate [...]

Welcome to this week's Power Hitting Risers & Fallers. All stats are full season through Monday, May 20th (unless otherwise noted). It's that time of year when in-season trends become apparent and full-season numbers may not tell the best story. (They may be most accurate, but they may not tell the best story.) Fortunately, the Statcast Search feature allows a specific player in a specific time range to be studied, with countless ways to further parse the numbers.Your weekly reminders: [...]

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge (oblique) was able to do some running on Monday, which is a good step in his recovery from a strained oblique he suffered last month. However, Judge has not been cleared the swing a bat yet, so his timetable to return is still unclear. Judge should quickly be able to progress once he's able to swing the bat again.

For this week's Statcast Hitter Analysis, we're going back to where it all started and revisiting exit velocity. So far, we've also looked at barrels, sweet spot rate, xwOBA, and xBA.[...]

The next stop in our Rest-of-Season rankings update is first base. Recently, RotoBaller writers and rankersNick Mariano, Pierre Camus, Bill Dubiel and Scott Engel updated their 2019 fantasy baseball rankings, available on our dashboard. [...]

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge (oblique) still isn't doing any baseball activities, but manager Aaron Boone said he feels that Judge is "making good improvements every day." The slugging outfielder is unlikely to return until sometime in June, so fantasy owners will just have to stay patient. The good news is that the Bombers should be getting center fielder Aaron Hicks (back) back on Monday. Judge was hitting .288/.404/.521 with five long balls, 13 runs, 11 RBI and two steals in 73 a[...]