Nearly a month after going on the injured list with a flexor strain in his right elbow, New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge took the next step in his throwing progression by briefly throwing to bases from right field.

Aaron Judge resumed throwing to bases on Sunday afternoon, the first time the Yankees’ captain has done so since sustaining a right flexor strain on July 22. He called the session “checking a box” toward his return to outfield play.

New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge is now throwing to bases for the first time since he was injured, per Greg Joyce of the New York Post. Judge has been injured since late July, currently playing designated hitter while Giancarlo Stanton takes an unlikely turn back in the outfield after two years away.