NEW YORK -- It looked like the moment the Yankees had been waiting for -- dressed as a cruel joke.
No, start Aaron Judge still isn't ready to start swinging a bat, but he was able to grip a Wiffle ball bat just fine.
That was the scene on the field at Yankee Stadium before a game against the White Sox on Monday.
After Judge went through baserunning drills and outfield work with coach Reggie Willits under strength coach Matt Krause's watch, Judge walked around the field holding a play bat, not the lumber the Yankees have been waiting for him to grip since he blew past his expected return from a fractured right wrist about a week ago.