Aaron Judge said Tuesday that he may return to the New York Yankees before the chip fracture in his right wrist fully heals.

"That's what I've heard is you can play with it, because I don't need surgery, I don't need anything like that," Judge said. "I can play with it before it actually fully heals. It's just getting that pain down to zero."

Judge has been sidelined since being hit by a pitch on July 26. New York's medical staff wants the right fielder to be able to test the wrist's range of motion without it bothering him.

The wrist remains both sensitive to the touch and painful when he tries to test its flexibility.

"The pain's going down. If it was a five [on a scale] two weeks ago, it's going down to a four," Judge said. "It's just kind of working its way down. We're just trying to get to zero so we can move forward.

"I'll wake up one of these days and feel good. Just waiting for that day."