Aaron Judge will sit out the New York Yankees' Saturday home game against the Philadelphia Phillies with "an elbow issue," manager Aaron Boone told reporters.

J.T. Realmuto followed the Yankees' ninth error in four games with a tiebreaking, three-run drive in a four-run seventh inning, lifting the Phillies over New York 12-5 on Friday night.

Aaron Judge is not in the New York Yankees' Saturday lineup against the Philadelphia Phillies due to an "elbow issue," manager Aaron Boone said. According to Boone, Judge had an issue throwing the ball from the outfield during Friday's series opener. He was taken for imaging, and the team is currently awaiting the results.

The New York Yankees' recent struggles continued on Friday night in a 12-5 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies that in which they committed two more errors, giving them nine in their last four games.

The Yankees will be without their Captain to begin Saturday's game, as Aaron Judge was not in the lineup against the Phillies and left-handed starter Ranger Suárez. No initial reason was given for Judge's absence,

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On Friday, the Bombers returned to the grassy confines of Yankee Stadium. They didn’t leave their sloppiness in Canada, though, as they committed two errors in a loss to the Phillies.

To their credit, the Yankees — who are now 5 1/2 back in the division — are already getting aggressive ahead of the July 31 trade deadline. New York acquired Colorado Rockies third baseman Ryan McMahon for two pitching prospects on Friday, and the 30-year-old is expected to make his Yankees debut on Saturday afternoon.

The Yankees have had a need for a third baseman since releasing DJ LeMahieu and moving Jazz Chisholm back to the keystone. As of late, manager Aaron Boone has used a combination of Oswald Peraza and Jorbit Vivas at the hot corner. Clearly New York, now 4 ½ games back in the American League East, was not satisfied with that arrangement.

The Phillies head up I-95 to begin a three-game series against the New York Yankees, but good luck finding the game on TV. That’s right, it’s Apple TV+ night. For the fourth straight season, the tech giant is streaming two games a week as part of its Friday Night Baseball doubleheader,