New York Yankees superstar slugger Aaron Judge took a ball to the face via friendly fire during Saturday's road stand against the New York Mets. During an inning shift, Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe accidentally hit Judge in the face. The game replay makes it look like pretty gnarly contact, but Judge just needed a bandage to return to the game.

New York Yankees star Aaron Judge was struck in the face by a toss from teammate Anthony Volpe as they were coming off the field after the fifth inning of Saturday’s 12-6 loss to the New York Mets

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The New York Yankees' pitching staff suffered another tough blow on Saturday. Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters that Clarke Schmidt will "likely" have Tommy John surgery, which would put an end to his 2025 season—and possibly cost him the majority of the 2026 season as well.

The hits keep coming for the tailspinning Yankees, who announced that starter Clarke Schmidt would need Tommy John surgery after being removed from his start Thursday with forearm tightness. The news comes after the Yankees dropped the opening game of a three game Subway Series with the Mets to push their losing streak to five.