Judge began the 2015 season with the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League. The Yankees invited Judge to spring training as a non-roster player in 2015.
442 SLG, eight home runs, and 33 RBIs in 66 games for Tampa. The Yankees promoted him to the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League during the season, where he hit. 530 slugging percentage (SLG 6th), and hit nine home runs with 45 RBIs in 65 games for Charleston. He made his professional debut with the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League in 2014. He tore a quadriceps femoris muscle while participating in a base running drill, which kept him out of the 2013 season. Judge signed with the Yankees and received a $1.8 million signing bonus. The Yankees drafted Judge in the first round of the 2013 MLB draft with the 32nd overall selection, a pick the team received as compensation after losing Nick Swisher in free agency. Judge during Yankees' spring training in 2015 Judge was named to the all-conference team in all three of his seasons for the Bulldogs-in the WAC in his first two seasons, and the Mountain West Conference (MW) as a junior (the Bulldogs joined the MW in July 2012, between his sophomore and junior seasons). In his junior year, Judge led the Bulldogs in home runs, doubles, and runs batted in (RBIs). He played collegiate summer baseball for the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League in the summer of 2012. He won the 2012 TD Ameritrade College Home Run Derby. Louisville Slugger named him a Freshman All-American. In 2011, Judge was part of a Fresno State team that shared the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) regular season title, won the WAC Tournament, and qualified for the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The Oakland Athletics selected him in the 31st round of the 2010 MLB draft, but he opted to enroll at California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) to play for the Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Various colleges recruited Judge to play tight end in football, including Notre Dame, Stanford, and UCLA, but he preferred baseball. In baseball, he was part of the Linden High School team that made the California Interscholastic Federation Division III playoffs. He set a school record for touchdowns (17) in football and led the basketball team in points per game (18.2). He played as a pitcher and first baseman for the baseball team, a wide receiver for the football team, and as a center for the basketball team. Judge attended Linden High School, where he was a three-sport star. Growing up, Judge was a San Francisco Giants fan. When he was 10 or 11 years old, his parents told him that he was adopted he recalls, "I knew I didn't look like them." He has an older brother, John, who was also adopted. Judge was adopted the day after he was born by Patty and Wayne Judge, who both worked as teachers in Linden, California.
Judge stands 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m) tall and weighs 282 pounds (128 kg), which makes him one of the largest players in MLB.
He won the American League (AL) Rookie of the Month Awards for April, May, June, and September, as well as the AL's Player of the Month Award for June and September, and then again for May and July of 2022. His rookie record would stand for two more years when Pete Alonso broke it in 2019 with 53 home runs. Judge ended the season with 52 home runs, breaking Mark McGwire's MLB rookie record of 49 and the Yankees' full-season rookie record of 29 (previously held by Joe DiMaggio). He was named an All-Star and won the Home Run Derby, becoming the first MLB rookie to do so. After making his MLB debut in 2016 and hitting a home run in his first MLB career at bat, Judge went on to have a record-breaking rookie season in 2017. Judge, who played college baseball for the Fresno State Bulldogs, was selected by the Yankees with the 32nd pick in the first round of the 2013 MLB draft. Judge was unanimously selected as the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year in 2017 and finished second in voting for the AL Most Valuable Player Award. Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award (2019)Īaron James Judge (born April 26, 1992) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB).August 13, 2016, for the New York Yankees
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