The Yankees star leads the AL in average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, OPS, runs and walks. Judge told reporters he will be “smart” about his return to right field. But he also suggested he wants to be back in the outfield soon.

Aaron Judge is back in the lineup as the designated hitter for the New York Yankees following a 10-day stint on the injured list with a flexor tendon strain in his right elbow. Judge is batting third in the middle game of a three-game series against the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Aaron Judge is back, which means Giancarlo Stanton is not. The Yankees activated Judge off the 10-day injured list Tuesday and slotted him into their lineup against the Rangers as the designated hitter — a role he will fill until he is cleared to play right field again as he works back from his right elbow flexor strain.