Yankees exploring their Aaron Judge emergency options

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Aaron JudgeThe heavy shopping appeared done for the Yankees once they added J.A. Happ to Zach Britton.

But now that Aaron Judge is out at least three weeks with a chip fracture in his right wrist, Brian Cashman said the Yankees will at least go through the process of seeing what is available in the market.

He described where the Yanks are at in that process “as the premature state” Friday morning. He also made it sound like if the Yanks do anything, it will be on a level that when Judge returns, they have a bench piece – so think Jose Bautista level (if the Mets and Yanks could ever make a deal) more than Bryce Harper.

“We haven’t peeled the onion enough to tell you exactly what…