Aaron Judge offered support for the Yankees’ big change, but added, “If that little rule is going to stop you from coming here, then you probably shouldn’t be here.”

TAMPA, Fla. — Yankees captain Aaron Judge wants injured slugger Giancarlo Stanton, who is in New York to meet with a team doctor on Monday, to take as much time as he needs to get healthy.

Forty-nine years of history were reversed by the New York Yankees last week. Owner Hal Steinbrenner announced Wednesday that Yankees players were no longer banned from having beards, a one-of-its-kind policy in the modern era of professional sports.