Yankees captain Judge is on the injured list but still helps the team hit home runs.

New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge is sidelined with a rib stress fracture, but he continues to contribute to the team's power. During the Yankees' 6-1 home victory over the Boston Red Sox, Jazz Chisholm Jr. borrowed Judge's bat and launched a three-run blast in the bottom of the eighth.

With two outs in the bottom of the eighth and the score tied 1-1, Cody Bellinger first hit a go-ahead solo homer. The Yankees then added four more runs, including Chisholm's three-run shot off left-hander Joe La Sorsa—making his season debut—using Judge's bat, which is two ounces heavier than Chisholm's usual model, securing a five-run victory.

"Picking up his bat, I knew I couldn't swing as hard as usual," Chisholm said. "I felt it helped me control the bat better, focusing on making contact rather than trying to overpower the ball."

Chisholm often borrows equipment from teammates, including wearing Giancarlo Stanton's pants during games. As for bats, he has used almost every teammate's except for Stanton's and Paul Goldschmidt's, which are too big for him. Earlier this year in May, he also used José Caballero's bat to hit a go-ahead two-run homer.

This is not the first time Chisholm has gone deep with Judge's bat. In his second game after joining the Yankees in 2024, he homered using Judge's bat. Last April, he also used Judge's bat to hit an extra-base hit but injured his right oblique due to swinging too hard.

With a batting average of just .154 over the first four games of June and striking out six times in 15 plate appearances, Chisholm said, "Lately I've been missing pitches I felt I should hit, so I thought I'd try a different bat to see if it changes anything. Sometimes you need a heavier bat and a slower swing."