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Aaron Judge's big toe more than a New York Yankees footnote after injury last year

TAMPA, Fla. Aaron Judge's big toe is more than a footnote for the New York Yankees.

Judge missed 42 games after tearing a ligament in his right big toe when he crashed into the right-field fence at Dodger Stadium last June 3, a big reason the Yankees fell from postseason contention.

"It's going to be I think a constant maintenance I think the rest of my career," Judge said Tuesday. "Anything with injuries like that, you just got to stay on top of it so it doesn't flare up again."

The affable 6-foot-7, 282-pound slugger returned July 28 and wound up hitting .