Aaron Judge Speaks Out On Yankees Season Failure, Hopes To Bring Championship Back

For the first time since Judge’s MLB debut in 2016, the Yankees’ bad days outnumbered their good. Whatever playoff hopes the squad still had were officially destroyed on Sunday when the team was removed from postseason contention by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Throughout the Yankees’ last homestand, which concludes on Monday, Judge and his teammates confessed that this has been a year they will never forget.

Aaron Judge Speaks Out On Yankees Season Failure, Hopes To Bring Championship Back

When asked what he learned about his team during his first year as captain, the five-time All-Star took 16 seconds to reply. Judge stood at the far end of the New York Yankees clubhouse, his eyes surveying the room while his thoughts scanned everything that had transpired this season.

“Honestly,” the 31-year-old outfielder said, “this really tested everybody’s character. It tested my character.”

“If I’m not standing here talking to you guys after a championship, it’s a failure,” Judge said, according to MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch.

“After all of the work you’ve put in the offseason, training, preparation, coming out here on a daily basis, rain or shine, to play a game – it’s about bringing a championship back. That’s why we play. That is why I have come.

“That’s why I came back to New York with this group of guys, to build something and get New York back to where it’s supposed to be.

“When you don’t show up and produce and get kicked out like this in the regular season, that’s a big failure right there. We’ve got a lot of work to do, a lot of internal  talks, a lot of stuff we’ve go to get figured out.

“We’ve got a lot to work on, a lot of things to chance, and a lot of stuff going on around here that needs to be fixed.”

The Yankees’ season in 2023 concludes on Sunday at Kansas City. Instead of a playoffs, the Yankees will be enjoying vacations, going on fishing excursions, spending time with loved ones, reconditioning their bodies and resetting their minds as the month of October begins. They won’t be playing for the World Series.

 

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