{"id":58259,"date":"2025-05-03T08:42:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T08:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=58259"},"modified":"2025-05-03T08:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T08:43:10","slug":"yankees-send-strong-message-to-aaron-judge-after-mlb-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=58259","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Send Strong Message to Aaron Judge After MLB Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2206818794-e1743284294466.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2206818794-e1743284294466.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2206818794-e1743284294466.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GettyImages-2206818794-e1743284294466.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Yankees Send Strong Message to Aaron Judge After MLB Announcement\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Yankees made new bats for 2025 MLB season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge had a scorching-hot start to his season, and now has a big honor to show for it.<\/p>\n<p>The MLB announced on Friday that Judge earned AL Player of the Month honors while leading the league in home runs and RBIs. The announcement brought a strong reaction from the Yankees, who praised Judge\u2019s accomplishment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Historic Start,\u201d the team shared in a post on X.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Aaron Judge Gets Yankees Out to Huge Start<\/h2>\n<p>As the MLB noted in its announcement, the Yankees slugger is among the league\u2019s best across a host of offensive categories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJudge\u2019s production has been especially noteworthy,\u201d the report noted. \u201cHe comes into Friday tied for the MLB lead in homers (10) and leads all hitters with a .427 average and a 1.282 OPS. He also leads MLB with 50 hits and 89 total bases. Judge closed April on an incredible heater, hitting .500 over his final 50 plate appearances and compiling seven multihit games. He entered Friday leading all players with a 2.9 wins above replacement, per Baseball Reference.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"088b19bae73392fd9e9dd04362ceccc4\">\n<div>\n<article>\n<div>\n<p>A Historic Start \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations @TheJudge44 on being named the AL Player of the Month \ud83e\udee1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Judge helped the Yankees get out to an 18-13 start, leading a competitive AL East. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he believes Judge still has plenty of room to get better, saying the AL home run leader hasn\u2019t even gotten hot yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI say this and I\u2019m not being cute or funny \u2013 but I don\u2019t think he\u2019s been that hot yet, honestly,\u201d Boone said, via USA Today. \u201cHe\u2019s getting his hits and I think it\u2019s a credit to how great he is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reigning AL MVP is already off to a strong start in defending his title. As USA Today noted, Judge is well above his 2024 pace through just the first month of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsider this: Judge won his second MVP last season, finishing with a .322 average, 1.159 OPS and 58 home runs, equaling the 10.8 WAR he produced in his 62-homer 2022 MVP campaign,\u201d the report noted. \u201cAt the end of April 2024? He was batting just .207, with a pedestrian 116 adjusted OPS.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Another Big Honor for the Yankees<\/h2>\n<p>Judge isn\u2019t the only member of the Yankees off to a hot start. The MLB also announced that ace Max Fried earned AL Pitcher of the Month honors after he started the season 5-0, tied for the most wins in baseball, while leading the AL with a 1.19 ERA.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees were 6-0 in games Fried started through the first month of the season, which Boone said is a reflection of the true depth of talent on the Yankees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to be really good,\u201d Boone said, via the New York Post. \u201cSo, not surprising we\u2019re that good when our ace starts and is pitching as well as he is. We got a really good club. We got to keep getting better, and confident we will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judge added that Fried\u2019s brilliance on the mound transcends to the other players on the team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust his demeanor on the mound, his presence, he\u2019s attacking every single hitter,\u201d Judge said. \u201cWhen you attack guys like that, that\u2019s when you start to get some of those swings we saw there where they\u2019re kind of in between, almost guessing, \u2018Is it the heater? Is it the splitter?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Nathan Dougherty is a sports reporter covering the NFL for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions and Miami Dolphins. Previously he wrote for the Rochester Business Journal and served as the assistant editor of athletic trade magazines Coaching Management, Athletic Management and Training &amp; Conditioning. He is based out of Rochester, New York, and loves everything football. 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