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Aaron Judge is trending in the right direction, and the Yankees are finally breathing again. Manager Aaron Boone confirmed Wednesday that Judge underwent imaging on his injured rib and has been cleared for light activity, including running and strength training. He's not yet back on the field for baseball work, but after months of uncertainty surrounding his two thousand twenty six status, this is real, meaningful progress for New York.
Shifting to the trade deadline fallout in Baltimore, the Orioles made the kind of move that either defines a franchise or haunts it. They sent catcher Adley Rutschman out of town and got back twenty-one-year-old starting pitcher Anthony Eyanson as the centerpiece. Only thirty professional starts to his name, but scouts had him ranked among the highest-value prospects moved at the deadline. Holding his velocity as he develops will be the defining question for Baltimore's entire rebuild.
And in Buffalo, Josh Allen is still knocking on that Super Bowl door. Colin Cowherd is drawing the comparison to Phil Mickelson chasing Tiger Woods — talented, relentless, but perpetually in the shadow of an all-time great. Allen insists the door will open. The calendar, and Patrick Mahomes, keep suggesting otherwise.
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