A potential looming worry emerges as Yankees await clarity Aaron Judges injury

Day 4 of the search for an Aaron Judge injury diagnosis involved more waiting and question marks, but one potentially concerning revelation.The specialist that the Yankees were waiting on as of late Thursday afternoon to review Judge’s second round of tests was Dr.Gregory Pearl, who focuses on “complex vascular procedures and thoracic outlet syndrome management in high-performance athletes,” according to his practice’s website.

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.It is possible that this second opinion was just to rule out a worst-case scenario like thoracic outlet syndrome — which is found more often in pitchers but typically requires surgery — though the Yankees remained in a holding pattern with the three-time American League MVP until they knew exactly what they were dealing with.“I promise you, when we know, we’re going to give it to you,” manager Aaron Boone said Thursday after a 2-1 win over the Guardians at Yankee Stadium.

“I wanted to walk in here and give you something so bad.I want [a diagnosis] too.”“I checked in the middle of the game, I ran in and asked and we’re waiting on the specialist to weigh in.

That’s where we’re at.… It’s a lot of smart people in a specialized area, and guys several states away.

Just got to be patient.”The injury concern has loomed over the Yankees all week.Judge, who was experiencing shoulder soreness that was affecting his swing, got initial testing on Monday that the team said showed a bone bruise near his right rib cage.

He saw the Yankees’ team doctor on Tuesday and had his imaging reviewed by Pearl, a specialist based in Texas, on Wednesday, which led to more testing Wednesday night (another MRI) and Thursday morning (CT scan and X-ray).Given all of that, the real question seems to be how much time Judge will miss rather than whether he goes on the injured list, though as of T...