Gary Phillips is the Yankees beat reporter for the Daily News. The Florida-born, New York-raised writer has covered a variety of sports and subjects for The New York Times, The Athletic, NJ Monthly, Sports Illustrated and USA Today Sports, among other outlets. A Seton Hall grad, he started off covering Pirates basketball for The Setonian.
On Tuesday in Toronto, cameras caught Judge wincing and clutching his right hand in a fist after making a seventh-inning throw. Now the Yankees are hoping for the best.
The Yankees ended June by dropping 11 of their last 17 games, and Monday’s sloppy, 5-4 loss in Toronto made them 10-13 against division rivals this season.