Although the New York Yankees made no promises about Aaron Judge, there is finally some noticeable progress. Fans have eagerly awaited updates since the captain injured his right big toe at Dodger Stadium on June 3. For a long while, the team kept his injury details under wraps. Then a few days ago, Judge revealed he had a torn cartilage in his toe but didn’t give a timeline of his return. Nevertheless, Yankee fans were disheartened to see another season being affected by a Judge injury.

With his massive nine-year, $360 million contract setting sky-high expectations, Judge is already on his second IL stint of the season. While he gave some stunning performances for a few weeks in May, the situation turned upside down soon after. Now, there is finally something like a concrete update.

Aaron Judge is determined to keep his throwing arm in shape!

Judge has been a fixture in the dugout at recent Yankees games and the same was true for yesterday’s match-up vs the Oakland Athletics. But before the Bronx Bombers shut out the A’s 11-0 at the Coliseum, Judge played catch with his team on the field. Yankees’ manager Aaron Boone stated that the outfielder had slowly progressed to pool exercises. But this counts as the first official baseball training since the injury for Judge.

The captain wants to return to the field as soon as possible, of course, but he doesn’t want to overstate the importance of a single activity. “It’s just another step,” he told reporters. “I wouldn’t say it’s significant or not significant. There’s a lot of steps we gotta take to get back to going on the field, so this is just another step along the way.”

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Judge added catching practice didn’t affect the pain in his toe too much. He will keep his arm in shape and do whatever else can be done before his return.

Judge will next focus on hitting before the New York Yankees return

The sum of every little organ and muscle makes the body whole. Hitting a ball with a bat puts as much pressure on the legs as on the arms, and the Judge doesn’t want to push too far. While the timeline is still murky, Boone is hopeful. “Really being able to torque and turn on that back foot,” the manager said. “When he gets to that point where he starts being able to let it go hitting-wise, that’ll be a good indicator that now it’s just about getting him built up and ready to go.”

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It may seem like time is moving at a snail’s pace to Yankee fans. But Aaron Judge is, fortunately, moving in the right direction.