With the New York Yankees’ season over, Aaron Judge‘s future has come into question.
The favorite for the American League MVP Award made the final out in Game 4 of the ALCS against the Houston Astros, grounding out to reliever Ryan Pressly, who flipped to first to send Houston to its fourth Fall Classic in the last six years.
Judge had a regular season to remember, breaking the single-season American League home run record set by Roger Maris back in 1961.
However, the postseason was unceremonious.
Judge went 5-for-36 and hit just .139.
With Judge set to become a free agent, Yankees fans are left wondering if his game-ending groundout is his last at-bat in Pinstripes.
Was this Aaron Judge's last AB as a Yankee? pic.twitter.com/YJk9v2fYjS
— B/R Walk-Off (@BRWalkoff) October 24, 2022
Will Judge Stay In New York?
The Yankees and their fans certainly hope that this wasn’t the end for Judge.
The slugger hit 52 home runs in his rookie campaign of 2017, which at the time set the rookie record.
This season was certainly one to remember.
But it was capped off with bitter disappointment as the Yankees fell short in the ALCS.
Now, Yankees fans will be pondering Judge’s final at-bat and if it indeed was his last in a Yankee uniform.
Several teams will be calling for Judge’s services, with the Yankees certain to be one of them.
But Judge, a Bay Area native, could be a fit with the San Francisco Giants if they come calling.
It wouldn’t be too much of a stretch.
But if that was his last at-bat in the Bronx as a Yankee, it was one to forget.
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