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        <title><![CDATA[‘Stiff’ Aaron Judge misses another Yankees simulated game]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While Aaron Judge was held out of the Yankees’ simulated game for a second straight day with a stiff neck, Giancarlo Stanton said he’s making progress with his calf and feels good at the plate.</p><p>According to manager Aaron Boone, Judge got more treatment Sunday and was “still a little stiff.”</p><p>“It’s just something we don’t want to push at this point,’’ Boone said. “He’s gotten a lot of work and at-bats to this point. He’s doing a little better, but still stiff.”</p><p>Judge is coming back from a fractured rib that sidelined him in spring training, but he said <strong>he would be ready for Opening Day</strong> of the upcoming 60-game season, July 23 in Washington.</p><p>The Yankees don’t have a sim game Monday and Boone remains optimistic Judge will return Tuesday.</p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="200" scrolling="no"  width="100%" data-src="https://playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=ADL2164170992&#038;light=true" class="lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="></iframe></p><p>As for Stanton, he’ll open the year solely as a DH, but is working in the outfield during batting practice.</p><p>At the plate, he said he’s getting his timing down and is dealing with the oddities of spring training 2.0 as well as he can.</p><p>“It’s just a matter of, ‘Are you worried about everything else, the empty stadium and no one here or are you trying to get better and locking in?’ ” Stanton said. “It’s a matter of handling distractions, even though in this case, nothing around would be a distraction.”</p><p>Asked if his experience playing in front of small crowds in Miami with the Marlins will be similar to a lack of fans this season, Stanton said: “It doesn’t matter if it’s a little. A little helps more than none. … At the end of the day, with hitting, it’s you and the pitcher. If you let anything get in the way of that, you’re not focused enough already.”</p>]]></content:encoded>
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