The New York Yankees placed outfielder Aaron Judge on the injured, list but the team appeared to avoid the worst as he suffered a right flexor strain.

Aaron Judge, New York's superstar slugger and leading candidate in the AL MVP race, was placed on the IL with a flexor strain in his right elbow on Sunday. There is no tear to the UCL. “All in all, we got good news today,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said, via The Associated Press. “I think all of us kind of feared the worst.”