The tennis great wore a white sleeve on his right arm as he delivered the ceremonial pitch to Yankees catcher Austin Wells.

The crazy thing about Aaron Boone saying in radio interviews that Aaron Judge’s elbow wouldn’t be back to 100 percent this year is that Boone is known for putting the best spin possible on things, not the worst possible.

The New York Yankees outfield has looked different with Aaron Judge unable to throw yet. They could call up a new potential replacement.

The Yankees overcame a very untimely Jose Caballero tantrum on Wednesday night to beat the Rays in 10 innings and head home after a 5-0, two-city road trip.

Last year, Judge had 18 first-inning home runs. He's the first player in MLB history to have two seasons of 15 or more first-inning homers, according to Baseball Reference researcher Katie Sharp. It's a remarkable feat, really. Judge has hit 37.5% of his home runs this season in the first inning.

And now the list of mistakes committed by Boone this season can include his handling of Aaron Judge's injury expectations. After the franchise slugger went down with an elbow injury, Boone offered a pessimistic take on his potential return to the outfield, which was publicly challenged by Judge.

Aaron Judge is back to being the driving force of the Yankees' lineup -- making history in the process with Shohei Ohtani.