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Yankees News: Aaron Judge 'Absolutely Not' Moving to 1B, Per Aaron Boone

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New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone ruled out a position change for right fielder Aaron Judge, who's recovering from a fractured rib and collapsed lung.

"No, no, no, no," Boone said last Thursday on The Michael Kay Show (via the New York Post's George A. King III). "Sometimes when a guy has a few injuries, and significant injuries, sometimes there is a unlucky, fluke thing. You are playing major league sports and injuries come with it."

Boone also called Judge "an elite defender" and said there was "never a discussion to move him.