Now that he’s got his new contract, is it time for Aaron Judge to be named the Yankees’ 16th captain in franchise history?
Now that Judge is tied to the franchise for the next nine years, there is growing speculation that he’ll be named the 16th captain in Yankees history. Judge’s teammates have repeatedly endorsed his leadership abilities in recent years, and the consensus around baseball is that the Yankees appear poised toCaptains are an oddity in baseball.
It’s easy to scoff at the mythology around the Yankees’ captaincy as just some goofy, dusty tradition that the stuffy, smug Yankees care about too much. But it’s clear that the captaincy is something that Judge’s teammates consider important.. “I think I’m able to say that if he’s back here next year, he’s our captain; he’s the next captain. We follow everything he does. He leads by example. He’s not really a guy that comes out and screams at anybody. But if he has to, that’s his job.
The captain title is not something to be taken lightly, especially with the Yankees. They’re baseball’s most storied franchise and the list of Yankees captains evokes that history. Babe Ruth. Lou Gehrig. Thurman Munson. Don Mattingly. Derek Jeter. Although,
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