We’ve officially reached the part of the preseason where optimism runs wild, spreadsheets become obsessive, and every batting practice video looks like a breakout waiting to happen. It’s time to roll out my Top 100 Hitters for the 2026 fantasy baseball season. Over the next four weeks we will go through the list in levels […]
TAMPA – It might be time to wrap Aaron Judge in bubble wrap until opening day, or at least until the World Baseball Classic. Making his Grapefruit League debut much earlier than normal as he leaves camp next week to captain Team USA in the WBC, the Yankees slugger wasted no time looking like he […]
TAMPA — Carlos Lagrange stepped onto the mound at Steinbrenner Field Monday afternoon, looked at the batter’s box and thought, “Damn, it’s Aaron Judge.” After a few pitches during live batting practice, Judge hit a 90.3 mph fastball into the seats for a home run. But Lagrange, one of the Yankees’ best pitchers, showed his […]
TAMPA — Aaron Judge was like many frustrated Yankees fans early in the offseason. The only difference is that he likes where they ended up. The judge acknowledged Monday that the start of the winter was “brutal,” waiting for the Yankees to make moves while the rest of the league improved around them. They got […]
TAMPA – The Yankees will lose their captain for a few weeks in March, but they plan to see plenty of him in action until then. Before he leaves to captain Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, Aaron Judge will likely play in four or five of the first nine Grapefruit League games, manager […]
Aaron Judge was still in uniform after the Yankees were bounced by the Blue Jays in the ALDS in October when he was asked if Cody Bellinger and Trent Grisham were headed to free agency. “I hope we can drive them back and see what happens,” the captain said. Judge didn’t know it at the […]
Aaron Boone isn’t worried about being “politically correct” with his stance on Aaron Judge’s participation in the 2026 World Baseball Classic. During a performance op YES Network’s “Yankees Hot Stove” On Monday, play-by-play announcer Michael Kay asked the Yankees skipper how “sick” he will be about the judge who captains Team USA. Boone emphatically dismissed […]
Aaron Judge might have won the American League MVP award this season, but his competition was within reach. Judge defeated Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh by just four first-place votes, the closest MVP race in any league since 2019, when Angels outfielder Mike Trout won by the same margin over Astros third baseman Alex Bregman. Before […]
LAS VEGAS – Aaron Judge clinched his first two American League MVPs during voting. If the Yankees captain goes on to capture a third, it will be a much tighter finish. The results of a heated AL MVP voting will be announced Thursday night, a two-man race between judge and Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh. Judge […]
Aaron JudgeWith his tremendous performance in the postseason, it was easy to forget that he had been dealing with a right elbow strain since July. The slugger had multiple hits in all but one game in the first two rounds of the playoffs. Judge delivered a defining postseason moment in Game 3 against Toronto, hitting […]