Aaron Judge may be the captain of the New York Yankees, but that does not mean his bosses love everything he says or does.
Judge has left some Yankees executives “upset” due to his comments after the team’s ALDS sweep at the hands of the Tampa Bay Rays, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post. The situation is not serious, but top executives were taken aback by Judge’s public comments.
Aaron Judge’s comments weren’t well-received by Yankees executives
Judge urged the Yankees to go “all-in” after their loss to the Rays and suggested the team should go out and spend whatever is necessary to deliver a legitimate World Series contender in 2027.
“We’re the Yankees,” Judge directly said. “I feel like they should go all-in and do what they need to do. If we’ve got holes, if it’s finding certain players or personnel, whatever we need, you got to go out there and get it. That’s why I signed back here to play with the Yankees, is to fight for a championship every single year and go all-in. That’s what I do every offseason, is get ready to give this team and this city everything I got. And I expect them to do the same.”
That probably does not align with what the organization itself wants to do, considering owner Hal Steinbrenner openly talked about cutting payroll at this time last year.
The Yankees carried a payroll of roughly $310 million into 2026, and the vast majority of their core is under contract for 2027. They might not necessarily have a lot of room to maneuver, much to Judge’s potential disappointment.
One thing that would be particularly helpful to the Yankees is a healthy Judge. He was limited to 66 games last season due to multiple injuries, and he did not appear in the playoffs.
