Yankees’ Gerrit Cole has no interest in accelerating rehab after hard-throwing live BP session; Aaron Judge homers twice

TAMPA, Fla. — Shortly after Gerrit Cole faced hitters for the first time since undergoing Tommy John surgery last spring, Aaron Judge said that “you would have never known” the Cy Young winner was coming off a procedure that robbed him of the entire 2025 season. “It looked like the old 45 that I’ve seen for years,” Judge said Friday after grounding out against Cole, who faced three batters, ...