2025 Injury Report: Updates on Cole, Judge, Rodon, Schmidt

Rodon underwent elbow surgery

Carlos Rodon had surgery on his elbow to remove loose bodies and shave down a bone spur, per Boone. Rodon will not throw for eight weeks and is expected to ramp up in December.

Boone believes that, given the delay, he will likely be unavailable heading into the start of the 2026 campaign.

Schmidt to start throwing in December

Clarke Schmidt is 14 weeks past his Tommy John surgery, per Boone. Boone believes he’ll begin his throwing program in mid-December.

However, Schmidt, who had the operation during the summer, won’t be an option until the second half of the 2026 campaign.

Volpe likely won’t be ready for Opening Day

Lastly, the Yankees confirmed that Anthony Volpe had left shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum. As noted throughout September, the team stated that Volpe was playing through a shoulder injury.

Volpe won’t swing a bat for four months and won’t be able to dive on the shoulder for six months.

Judge won’t need surgery

Amidst all of that news, the Yankees confirmed that Aaron Judge won’t need surgery after he hurt his flexor tendon in July.

Judge missed two weeks of the 2025 campaign with the injury and was limited to DH for a brief period before returning to the field.