Aaron James Judge is an American professional baseball outfielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He was unanimously selected as the American League Rookie of the Year in 2017 and finished second in voting for the AL Most Valuable Player Award. Judge was adopted the day after he was born by Patty and Wayne Judge, who both worked as teachers in Linden, California. He played college baseball for the Fresno State Bulldogs.
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Aaron James Judge is an American professional baseball outfielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He was unanimously selected as the American League Rookie of the Year in 2017 and finished second in voting for the AL Most Valuable Player Award. Judge was adopted the day after he was born by Patty and Wayne Judge, who both worked as teachers in Linden, California. He played college baseball for the Fresno State Bulldogs. 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 made his professional debut with the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League in 2014. He made his MLB debut in 2016 and hit a home run in his first MLB career at bat. In 2017, he was named an All-Star and won the Home Run Derby, becoming the first MLB rookie to do so. Judge stands 6 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 282 pounds, which makes him one of the largest players in the MLB. He has an older brother, John, who was also adopted. Growing up, Judge was a San Francisco Giants fan. Judge 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. He set a school record for touchdowns in football and led the basketballteam in points per game. In his junior year, Judge led the Bulldogs in home runs, doubles, and runs batted in.
Judge was part of a Fresno State team that shared the Western Athletic Conference regular season title, won the WAC Tournament, and qualified for the 2011 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. He won the 2012 TD Ameritrade College Home Run derby. Judge signed with the Yankees and received a USD 1. 8 million signing bonus. He tore a quadriceps femoris muscle while participating in a base running drill, which kept him out of the2013 season. In the 2015 season, he hit. 283 with a. 411 OBP,. 442 SLG, and 33 RBIs in 66 games for Tampa. Judge began the season with the Trenton Thunder of Class AA Eastern League. After the season, the Yankees promoted him to the Class AA Class A-Advanced Florida State League. In June 2016, he played in the AAA International League for the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre RailRiders. In September 2016, Judge batted. 224 with eight home runs in 61 games for Scrant on the International League, but did not play in their September call-ups. In April 2017, the New Yankees invited Judge to spring training as a non-roster player. He batted. 510 in 63 games for Trenton, and he was chosen to represent the Yankees at the 2015 Futures Game in June. In May 2017, Judge played for the Yankees in the Class AAA Class A International League in June, but he was not chosen to play in the Futures game.
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