The New York Yankees named superstar outfielder Aaron Judge as the 16th captain in franchise history. He's the first captain for the Yankees since Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Jeter retired in 2014.
“It goes without saying what an honor that is,” Judge said at his press conference on Wednesday. “Look back at the list of, you know, Thurman Munson, Lou Gehrig, Ron Guidry, Willie Randolph, Derek Jeter, Don Mattingly. “That’s a pretty good list right there. Not only great baseball players, but great ambassadors of the game and great ambassadors of the New York Yankees. This is an incredible honor that I don’t take lightly.
In his career with the Yankees, Judge has a .284 batting average, 220 home runs and 497 runs batted in in 729 games over a span of seven seasons . When asked how the discussion to become the Yankees captain came about, Judge said he was speaking with Steinbrenner at 3 A.M PT while in California. “He [Hal Steinbrenner] shot me a message earlier about kind of what’s the hold up? You know, what’s it going to take to get this to the finish line,” Judge said.
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