Aaron Judge hyped to see fellow captain Jalen Brunson ‘keep doing the work’
Jalen Brunson had already signed a new contract with the Knicks when he visited Yankee Stadium last month and met Aaron Judge on the field. At the time, Judge presented the star guard with a pair of autographed cleats that read, “Keep Running Through the Streets.” Judge didn’t know Brunson would soon become a team […]
Why Robert Saleh held Aaron Rodgers out of Jets practice
Coach Robert Saleh made the quick decision to remove quarterback Aaron Rodgers from the Jets-Commanders joint practice Thursday morning after looking at the weather. “He was doing all the drills at practice, so I felt like it was an unnecessary, tense environment, an unfamiliar adversary in terms of caring for each other,” Saleh said. “I […]
Yankees’ Aaron Boone has mulled Juan Soto-Aaron Judge lineup change
Aaron Boone just isn’t ready to do that right now. But the Yankees manager said Wednesday that he has at least considered swapping Aaron Judge and Juan Soto in the batting order “over the last couple weeks.” Boone said he was hesitant to part with either Judge or Soto, who had the top two OPS […]
Yankees’ Aaron Judge evokes Barry Bonds with intentional walks
Before Sunday’s game, Aaron Judge talked about his experiences as a boy in Northern California watching Barry Bonds, including how his father, Wayne, let him know that when the Giants’ most feared hitter came up to bat, that was when he really had to concentrate. “He made the game look so easy,” Judge recalled of […]
Juan Soto laments Yankees opponents walking Aaron Judge
Juan Soto isn’t buying into what Aaron Boone is now calling “the Aaron Judge treatment.” After Judge was intentionally walked three more times in Sunday’s 4-3, 10-inning win over Toronto, Soto said he didn’t like that strategy. “It’s unfortunate because I want him to get up to bat,” Soto said. “I’m doing my best. [get] […]
Yankees must make opponents pay for walking Aaron Judge
The walk that will do the most damage to the Yankees isn’t the one that sent the message the other day when Gleyber Torres advanced to first base, looked like he was going to hit a home run, only to end up with a single and Aaron Boone replacing him shortly thereafter. Everything Aaron Judge […]
Aaron Judge’s early homer prompts intentional walk
Aaron Judge, who seems to find a new way to surprise every day, reached base four of five times, including a two-run homer in the first inning (his 41st) and an intentional walk with two outs and the bases loaded in the second inning. The Blue Jays didn’t want to pitch to him. Austin Wells […]
Aaron Rodgers already making Jets’ dreams feel attainable
There are 1,000 things to analyze from the Jets’ first nine practices of training camp, but only one thing really matters: Aaron Rodgers looked like Aaron Rodgers. Will that translate into the regular season? We’ll see. But for now, in these first few weeks of training camp, Rodgers has wowed at times with incredible passing, […]
Aaron Judge’s mammoth Yankees homer earns him another milestone
Aaron Judge continues to break down barriers for himself. On Friday night, the Yankees captain hit his 40th home run of the season off Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman in the bottom of the first inning, a two-run shot that sliced high and deep into the rain-soaked Bronx sky and landed halfway up the left […]
Aaron Judge becomes first player to hit 40 home runs this season with 477-foot blast
Aaron Judge may break the American League home run record again. The New York Yankees slugger hit his 40th home run of the season on Friday, becoming the first player to do so in major league baseball this season. He did it with style, launching it 477 feet into the left field stands at Yankee […]