Yankees MLB trade deadline plans have changed

Aaron Judge's injury has changed the Yankees' MLB trade deadline plans, whether Brian Cashman wants to admit it or not. The latest update is encouraging only in the most limited sense. Judge is improving and will have his fractured right rib reimaged during the All-Star break. But there is still no firm return date, and the Yankees cannot build an August plan around the assumption that their best player will immediately return at full strength. And that changes the deadline calculation.

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