ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- For the second straight round, Aaron Judge is not on the New York Yankees' roster for the American League Division Series against the Tampa Bay Rays as he deals with a right calf strain, but the club did include fellow slugger Giancarlo Stanton and left-hander Ryan Weathers among their 26 players.

The Yankees will carry 11 pitchers and 15 position players against the Rays. The one change from the wild-card round roster is replacing utilityman Amed Rosario with Weathers. They had until 10 a.m. Saturday to submit their roster ahead of Game 1 scheduled for 6:38 p.m. at Tropicana Field.

New York carried Stanton as a pinch-hitter in the wild-card round against the Boston Red Sox, but he did not take an at-bat in the two-game series. He will likely continue as a pinch-hit option in the ALDS. Stanton has not played in a game since April thanks to three different calf strains.

"I'm ready to go," Stanton said Friday. "I'm ready to help the team in any way I can."

Weathers hasn't pitched since exiting a start Aug. 22 with a forearm flexor strain. He joins the roster as a one-inning reliever with restrictions, including not being cleared to pitch on consecutive days. With an off-day after Game 1 and another after Game 2, the schedule works out favorably for his potential usage.

Judge, meanwhile, has not played in a game since straining the soleus muscle in his right calf on Sept. 16 in his seventh game back from missing more than three months with a fractured rib.

He was placed on the injured list again three days later and received a platelet-poor plasma injection to boost healing before resuming baseball activities as the regular season concluded. All along he voiced his determination to be ready for the start of the regular season despite dealing with what Yankees manager Aaron Boone described as a "moderate grade" strain.

The 34-year-old Judge proceeded to face live pitching for the first time Monday -- the night before rosters for the wild-card series were to be submitted -- as he pushed to convince the team he was ready. Team officials considered including Judge on the roster, but they informed that tonight that they would proceed without him. New York still routed the Red Sox, outscoring their rivals 18-2 in a two-game sweep at Yankee Stadium to advance to the ALDS -- and give Judge another shot.

Judge seemingly made progress this week. He ran in right field before Game 1 of the wild-card series on Tuesday. He took live batting practice again at the organization's Double-A affiliate on Wednesday before Game 2 and again at Yankee Stadium on Thursday before the team flew to Florida. He participated in workouts Friday at the team's minor-league complex in Tampa and later took part in the club's main workout at Tropicana Field where he took batting practice on the field with teammates but did not run on the field.

Boone on Friday said Tropicana Field's turf surface would factor into the team's decision-making "a little bit" and hinted at the possibility of carrying Judge on the roster but him being limited early in the series. Ultimately, the Yankees, who are 54-43 without Judge this season, decided to move forward without him again. Barring an injury substitution, the Yankees will need to beat the AL East champs and advance to the ALCS for Judge to have the opportunity to play again in 2026.