Yankees manager Aaron Boone told WFAN on Tuesday morning that he’s skeptical that Judge, who recently had an IL stint with an elbow injury, will return to “throwing like he normally does” this season. Judge has exclusively DH’d since being activated off the IL earlier this month.

The crazy thing about Aaron Boone saying in radio interviews that Aaron Judge’s elbow wouldn’t be back to 100 percent this year is that Boone is known for putting the best spin possible on things, not the worst possible.

And now the list of mistakes committed by Boone this season can include his handling of Aaron Judge's injury expectations. After the franchise slugger went down with an elbow injury, Boone offered a pessimistic take on his potential return to the outfield, which was publicly challenged by Judge.