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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-aaron-boone-gushes-over-aaron-judge-amid-stars-bonkers-start');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Aaron Boone gushes over Aaron Judge amid star’s bonkers start');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Yankees-OF-Aaron-Judge-2.jpg?w=1024"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Yankees’ Aaron Boone gushes over Aaron Judge amid star’s bonkers start</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-03T21:01:57-07:00">April 3rd, 9:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-03T21:01:57-07:00">April 3rd, 9:01pm</time><address><a href="https://linktr.ee/jordan.llanes">Jordan Llanes</a>Jordan Llanes is a sports writer and reporter based in Florida. In addition to ClutchPoints, he writes for a few other publications covering the NFL, college sports and Tottenham Hotspur. When he's not writing, Jordan enjoys spending time with his fiancée, cats, family and friends, as well as catching the latest TV shows and movies, and traveling.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Coming off an MVP-winning 2024 campaign, it was apparent that New York <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-aaron-judges-hot-start-will-have-yankee-fans-dreaming-of-slugger-setting-new-hr-record">Yankees captain Aaron Judge would</a> likely need to sustain that level of production if his team was going to make a return to the postseason. Well, so far, so good for the Yankee right fielder. His manager, Aaron Boone, gushed over Judge’s performance <a href="https://x.com/snyyankees/status/1907981680620523890" rel="noopener">so far in 2025</a> to the media, including SNY on X, formerly Twitter, following the team’s 9-7 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks Thursday evening.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Aaron Boone could only shake his head when hearing Aaron Judge's early season stats of 5 HR &amp; 16 RBI in the first 6 games:</p><p>"I feel like he's still getting there, which is remarkable" <a href="https://t.co/bxTsSfy3iF">pic.twitter.com/bxTsSfy3iF</a></p><p>— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) <a href="https://twitter.com/snyyankees/status/1907981680620523890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“Aaron Boone could only shake his head when hearing Aaron Judge’s early season stats of 5 HR &amp; 16 RBI in the first 6 games: ‘I feel like he’s still getting there, which is remarkable,'” said Boone to the press postgame.</p><p>If that is true, then it would truly be an incredible sight to see. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-aaron-judge-joins-babe-ruth-in-mlb-history-with-scorching-start-to-2025">Judge has already tied Yankees</a> legend Babe Ruth as the only two players in MLB history to have at least five home runs and 15 RBI in their first six games of the season. If this form continues, it wouldn’t be surprising to see him capture his third AL MVP award. Will that in turn help the Bronx Bombers towards another World Series run? If Judge and Boone have anything to say about it, then that will certainly happen once again in 2025.</p><h2><b>Can Aaron Boone and Aaron Judge lead Yankees back to World Series?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Yankees-manager-Aaron-Boone.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/exclusive-alex-rodriguez-compares-dodgers-evil-empire-era-yankees">Yankees were agonizingly close</a> to capturing World Series title number 28 last season. A five-run lead in Game 5 of the Fall Classic vanished due to a number of miscues from veterans, including Judge. These types of mistakes cannot define the Bombers once again if they hope to make another deep run in October. Boone touched on the expectations that his captain has postgame Thursday.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"I catch myself having these ridiculous conversations with him sometimes because he's set the bar so darn high"</p><p>– Aaron Boone on Aaron Judge <a href="https://t.co/96C1O1vLqg">pic.twitter.com/96C1O1vLqg</a></p><p>— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) <a href="https://twitter.com/snyyankees/status/1907983554916626498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“‘I catch myself having these ridiculous conversations with him sometimes because he’s set the bar so darn high’ -Aaron Boone on Aaron Judge,” posted the Yankees Videos account on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>Setting the bar high is something <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-aaron-judge-history-another-home-run">that Judge will undoubtedly continue</a> to do. As captain of baseball’s most storied franchise, the right fielder follows names such as Derek Jeter and Lou Gehrig. Now, to be on their level, he needs to deliver on the one thing he has not done yet: winning a world championship. No pressure, number 99.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Aaron Boone gushes over Aaron Judge amid star’s bonkers start

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-nys-move-vs-diamondbacks-not-seen-since-mariano-rivera-andy-pettitte-twilight');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ move vs. Diamondbacks not seen since Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte twilight');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Yankees-SP-Carlos-Carrasco.jpg?w=1024"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Yankees’ move vs. Diamondbacks not seen since Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte twilight</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-03T19:58:06-07:00">April 3rd, 7:58pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-03T19:58:06-07:00">April 3rd, 7:58pm</time><address><a href="https://linktr.ee/jordan.llanes">Jordan Llanes</a>Jordan Llanes is a sports writer and reporter based in Florida. In addition to ClutchPoints, he writes for a few other publications covering the NFL, college sports and Tottenham Hotspur. When he's not writing, Jordan enjoys spending time with his fiancée, cats, family and friends, as well as catching the latest TV shows and movies, and traveling.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/editorials/new-york-yankees-2025-over-under-win-total-prediction-oods-pick">New York Yankees returned to</a> their winning ways on Thursday, defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-7. After a season-opening sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers in the Bronx, New York dropped the first two games against Arizona before salvaging Thursday’s win. In order to get that win, the Bronx Bombers turned back the clock a little bit. Starter Carlos Carrasco and reliever Adam Ottavino held the D-Backs in check for the first six innings in the win, setting a precedent not seen <a href="https://x.com/SlangsOnSports/status/1907965888348758064" rel="noopener">by the team since 2013</a> according to MLB researcher Sarah Langs on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>“With Carlos Carrasco and Adam Ottavino, this is the first time the Yankees have used two pitchers age 38+ in a game since 9/22/13, with Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera,” posted Langs on the social media site.</p><p>Both Carrasco and Ottavino aren’t as physically talented as they used to be, but it was still enough to keep the Diamondbacks off balance Thursday night. Can performances like this keep <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/editorials/3-new-york-yankees-bold-predictions-for-2025-mlb-season">the Yankees in playoff contention?</a> If GM Brian Cashman wants to keep this team healthy and in contention, then he may have to rely on retreads like the pair of 38-year-olds to keep them afloat as this season progresses.</p><h2>Yankees look to make another deep run in October</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Yankees-RP-Adam-Ottavino.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-carlos-carrasco-new-york-opening-day-roster">Carrasco spun 5.1 innings</a> of three run ball, striking out five while keeping Arizona off balance. Ottavino, the former Yankee who resigned with the club a few days ago after closer Devin Williams went on the paternity list, pitched in his first game since being released by the Boston Red Sox in spring training. He spent the last three seasons across town with the New York Mets and has shown that he can succeed in New York. That familiarity was certainly appealing to Cashman.</p><p>When the team returns to full strength, it’s possible that both Carrasco and Ottavino will not have spots on the major league roster. Although staff ace Gerrit Cole is out for the year, the hope is that reigning AL Rookie of the Year Luis Gil will be back as soon as he’s able from an oblique injury, while rookie Will Warren could lock in a rotation spot. Even if their stories in the Bronx end sooner rather than later, for one night, Carrasco and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-new-york-reunites-veteran-reliever-adam-ottavino">Ottavino showed that even veterans</a> can still get the job done in an effective and winning manner.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ move vs. Diamondbacks not seen since Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte twilight

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judge-joins-babe-ruth-in-mlb-history-with-scorching-start-to-2025');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Aaron Judge joins Babe Ruth in MLB history with scorching start to 2025');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Yankees-OF-Aaron-Judge-1.jpg?w=1024"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Yankees’ Aaron Judge joins Babe Ruth in MLB history with scorching start to 2025</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-03T18:53:17-07:00">April 3rd, 6:53pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-03T18:53:17-07:00">April 3rd, 6:53pm</time><address><a href="https://linktr.ee/jordan.llanes">Jordan Llanes</a>Jordan Llanes is a sports writer and reporter based in Florida. In addition to ClutchPoints, he writes for a few other publications covering the NFL, college sports and Tottenham Hotspur. When he's not writing, Jordan enjoys spending time with his fiancée, cats, family and friends, as well as catching the latest TV shows and movies, and traveling.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/editorials/new-york-yankees-2025-over-under-win-total-prediction-oods-pick">New York Yankees’ quest to</a> return to the World Series is off to an up and down start in 2025. After sweeping the Milwaukee Brewers in the season opening series last week, they’ve dropped the first two games of their three-game set against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks. However, Thursday night has shown exactly what the team is capable of when locked in offensively. Leading the charge once again is team captain Aaron Judge, who is 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs on the night so far. X (formerly Twitter) account OptaSTATS posted <a href="https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/1907953504871707030" rel="noopener">the latest piece of history</a> that Judge has set during his historic beginning to the campaign.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Aaron Judge of the <a href="https://twitter.com/Yankees?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Yankees</a> is the second MLB player to have 5+ HR and 15+ RBI over his first 6 games played in a season (since RBI became an official stat in 1920).</p><p>The other was Babe Ruth in 1932. <a href="https://t.co/cvv07a1mYd">pic.twitter.com/cvv07a1mYd</a></p><p>— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) <a href="https://twitter.com/OptaSTATS/status/1907953504871707030?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 4, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“Aaron Judge of the Yankees is the second MLB player to have 5+ HR and 15+ RBI over his first 6 games played in a season played in a season (since RBI became an official stat in 1920),” posted OptaSTATS on their page. “The other was Babe Ruth in 1932.”</p><p>Coming off his second AL MVP award last season, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-aaron-judges-hot-start-will-have-yankee-fans-dreaming-of-slugger-setting-new-hr-record">Judge might be on track</a> to eclipse those numbers. Like Yankees captains past, he’s trying to lead the franchise to yet another World Series title. It would be the first one for Judge, and the storied team’s first since 2009 when they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies. As the Bronx Bombers chase their 28th Fall Classic trophy, will Judge have to maintain this pace to give them a shot? Or will others continue to rise to the occasion and help the superstar right fielder bring another piece of silverware back to Yankee Stadium?</p><h2><b>Yankees, Aaron Judge look to ride solid start back to World Series</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Yankees-OF-Aaron-Judge-and-3B-Jazz-Chisholm-Jr.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>As long as the current result holds, New York will improve to 4-2 on the season. There are still 156 games left to go, and so many possibilities lay in front of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/editorials/3-new-york-yankees-bold-predictions-for-2025-mlb-season">not only the Yankees,</a> but the entirety of Major League Baseball. Judge and the majority of this Yankee core were a part of last year’s AL pennant-winning squad. Although the team has taken some hits (most notably the losses of outfielder Juan Soto and ace Gerrit Cole), the goal remains the same: capture title number 28.</p><p>There are still many holes that GM Brian Cashman needs to address. The rotation needs reinforcements, and the bullpen has been shaky. Third base (or second base, depending on where Jazz Chisholm Jr. wants to play long-term) needs help as well. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-aaron-judge-history-another-home-run">But as long as Judge</a> continues to produce at Babe Ruth levels, then anything feels possible in the Bronx. If that is true, then this season could very well end with another piece of silverware taking its place inside a packed trophy case.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Aaron Judge joins Babe Ruth in MLB history with scorching start to 2025

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judges-hot-start-will-have-yankee-fans-dreaming-of-slugger-setting-new-hr-record');   ga('set', 'title', 'Aaron Judge’s hot start will have Yankee fans dreaming of slugger setting new HR record');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Aaron-Judge-rounds-the-bases-after-hitting-a-first-inning-home-run.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Aaron Judge’s hot start will have Yankee fans dreaming of slugger setting new HR record</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-03T18:05:16-07:00">April 3rd, 6:05pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-03T18:34:24-07:00">April 3rd, 6:34pm</time><address><a>Steve Silverman</a>Steve Silverman has been covering the NFL for more than 35 years, and his writing has appeared in ESPN Magazine, Bleacher Report, CBS Sports, Pro Football Weekly, and Forbes.com. He has written 10 books, including "Who's Better, Who's Best in the NFL." He has won multiple awards from the Pro Football Writers of America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-aaron-judge-espn-ranking-veteran-tripping">Aaron Judge is the standard</a> bearer and the best player on the New York Yankees. If it were not for the presence of Shohei Ohtani dominating for the Los Angeles Dodgers, it is quite likely Judge would be recognized as the best player in Major League Baseball.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">ALL RISE FOR THE JUDGE 🧑‍⚖️</p><p>Aaron goes yard to give the Yankees an early 3-0 lead!<a href="https://t.co/5YUMagRaIs">pic.twitter.com/5YUMagRaIs</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1907937245493080091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It’s fair to say that Judge is the best slugger and perhaps the best all-around player in the American League. Judge is in his 10th year with the Yankees and he has blasted 50 or more home runs three times in his career, including an American League record 62 home runs in 2022 and 58 home runs last year.</p><p>There is an excellent chance that the 2025 season could be his signature season when it comes to hitting the long ball. Judge blasted a first-inning home run Thursday night as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-aaron-judge-reveals-why-wont-use-controversial-torpedo-bats">the Yankees</a> hosted the Arizona Diamondbacks in their sixth game of the season. It was Judge’s fifth home run of the season, something he was not able to accomplish until the <a href="https://x.com/jorgecastillo/status/1907937172960993361">28th game</a> of the season a year ago.</p><p>Judge has received plenty of support from his Yankees teammates this season, as the Yankees have been blasting home runs on a regular basis. Jazz Chisholm, who has been using a “torpedo bat” this season, hit his 4th home run of the year against the Diamondbacks and Trent Grisham hit his first.</p><h2><b>Judge may have his eyes on Barry Bonds’ single-season home run record</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Aaron-Judge-could-chase-Barry-Bonds-single-season-home-run-record.jpg"><figcaption>Jack Gruber / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>When Judge blasted 62 home runs in 2022, it moved him into 7th place on the single-season home run list. No American League player has ever topped that mark.</p><p>Barry Bonds holds the all-time record, as he blasted <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/history/leaders/_/breakdown/singlepost/sort/homeRuns">73 home runs</a> for the San Francisco Giants in 2001, beating the record of Mark McGwire, who had hammered 70 home runs for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1998.</p><p>It’s clearly very early in the season, but Aaron Judge may be able to make a run at Bonds’ all-time record if he can stay close to his early pace.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Aaron Judge’s hot start will have Yankee fans dreaming of slugger setting new HR record

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-devin-williams-boost-vs-pirates');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees to get Devin Williams boost vs. Pirates');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Yankees-closer-Devin-Williams-takes-the-mound.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Yankees to get Devin Williams boost vs. Pirates</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-03T17:27:37-07:00">April 3rd, 5:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-03T17:27:56-07:00">April 3rd, 5:27pm</time><address><a>Alex House</a>Alex House is a sports journalist who covers the NFL, NBA, and MLB for ClutchPoints. He grew up in a New York sports-heavy region in Connecticut and earned his journalism degree at the University of Rhode Island. His in-depth knowledge of two of the most passionate and raucous fan bases in the country gives him a truly unique writing voice.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees (3-2) <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-boone-gets-real-diamondbacks-zac-gallen-after-4-3-loss">ran into some trouble</a> the last two days versus the Arizona Diamondbacks and are hoping to avoid a series sweep in The Bronx on Thursday night. A weekend set against the Pittsburgh Pirates could allow the 2024 American League champions to regain momentum in the early stages of the new campaign. Moreover, they will have their top bullpen piece <a href="https://x.com/jorgecastillo/status/1907885867261182416" rel="noopener">back for the road trip</a>.</p><p>“{Manager} Aaron Boone said Devin Williams will come off the paternity list tomorrow for the Yankees’ series opener against the Pirates,” ESPN reporter Jorge Castillo posted on X. The two-time National League Reliever of the Year is missing his third consecutive game while he welcomes his newborn child into the world. He will look to come back strong on Friday, though.</p><p>Williams has logged one appearance in Yankee Pinstripes thus far, allowing one run in one inning pitched in an Opening Day win over his former team, the Milwaukee Brewers. When he is in form, the 30-year-old closer is one of the best at his position. Fans expect him to provide credibility and dominance in a pen that faced questions in the back end at various points during 2024.</p><h2><b>Yankees trust Devin Williams to help keep them in the hunt</b></h2><p>New York’s starting pitching rotation is severely depleted following Gerrit Cole’s season-ending elbow injury (underwent Tommy John surgery) and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-boone-clark-schmidt-return-dates-injury">the setbacks sustained</a> by Luis Gil and Clarke Schmidt. A bigger burden is therefore on the relief unit. The one-two punch of right-handers Devin Williams and Luke Weaver is hoping to answer the call this season.</p><p>The Yankees are hobbled but certainly not out of commission. There are questions galore in the AL, affording Aaron Boone’s squad the opportunity to still outlast the rest of the competition. Williams figures to be a vitally important part of that foremost mission. New York general manager Brian Cashman’s decision to trade for him in the offseason could prove even more crucial than most even expected.</p><p>Williams will cherish this latest and glorious development in his personal life as he travels to the Steel City.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees to get Devin Williams boost vs. Pirates

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Zachary covers a variety of different sports as well as sports history, sport and society, and sport and culture. He is also a professor of sociology.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Since spring training, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-aaron-boone-reveals-plan-for-intriguing-young-slugger">New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone had confidence</a> in young catcher turned first baseman Ben Rice’s ability to hit the ball. That confidence was shown when he chose Rice to bat leadoff in Thursday night’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.</p><p>When asked to explain his decision, Boone <a href="https://x.com/snyyankees/status/1907888625544577246" rel="noopener">offered</a> a simple one-word answer per SNY.tv.</p><p>“Rakes,” he said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Aaron Boone is asked why he landed on Ben Rice as the Yankees' leadoff hitter tonight:</p><p>"Rakes." <a href="https://t.co/ATd530fgjJ">pic.twitter.com/ATd530fgjJ</a></p><p>— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) <a href="https://twitter.com/snyyankees/status/1907888625544577246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-boone-key-young-piece-nys-roster">Yankees added Rice as part of a young group</a> of players that made the roster just before Opening Day. A major reason was his strong performance in spring training in which he hit five home runs.</p><p>He is currently batting .385, has five hits, two home runs, and two RBIs.</p><p>Rice is coming a season in which he only batted .171, had 26 hits, seven home runs, and 23 RBIs while playing 50 games. Despite some struggles hitting for average, Rice has shown the Yankees that he is a unique versatile talent, going from playing catcher to first base.</p><p>There is talk that Rice could become a replacement for Anthony Rizzo at first base if needed.</p><p>In essence, the decision to bat him leadoff was meant to be all along.</p><h2><b>Ben Rice’s past performances as leadoff for the Yankees</b></h2><p>On June 18, 2024, Rice made his major league debut with the Yankees at first base. He came in to fill in for Rizzo who was out with a broken arm.</p><p>On July 4, he batted leadoff 15 games into his career to replace shortstop Anthony Volpe who was struggling at the time.</p><p>Rice went 1-for-5 in his leadoff debut against the Boston Red Sox.</p><p>Two days later, Rice made Yankee history while batting leadoff. In that game, he became the first rookie to hit three home runs in a game. One of them was a leadoff home run to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead.</p><p>The Yankees went onto win 14-4.</p><p>Since then, Rice has won the trust of Boone to step up to the plate and contribute.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Aaron Boone’s perfect 1-word response to lineup strategy question

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-judge-espn-ranking-veteran-tripping');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees captain Aaron Judge’s ESPN ranking has veteran player ‘tripping’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Aaron-Judge-hits-homer.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Yankees captain Aaron Judge’s ESPN ranking has veteran player ‘tripping’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-03T08:27:40-07:00">April 3rd, 8:27am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-03T08:27:40-07:00">April 3rd, 8:27am</time><address><a>Christopher Hennessy</a>Christopher Hennessy graduated with a journalism degree from Fordham University in 2022. He has also worked at Spectrum News One in Albany, New York and with The Hockey Writers as a New York Islanders writer. Chris is originally from Connecticut and is a lifelong New York Yankees, Islanders, and Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees are 3-2 to start the season.<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-aaron-judges-3rd-hr-vs-brewers-has-fans-going-wild"> Aaron Judge had a dominant series against the Milwaukee Brewers</a>, hitting four homers and driving in 11 runs for the Yankees. On their recent Top 100 list, ESPN ranked the slugger fourth despite his AL MVP last season. When <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44479703/mlb-rank-2025-top-100-ranking-audit-players-feedback-hits-misses" rel="noopener">asking other players in the league for comment</a>, one veteran crushed the list for Judge’s placement.</p><p>“I like Bobby Witt [Jr.]’s skill set, and he did some great things last year,” Pirates star Andrew McCutchen said of the second-ranked player. “But what Judge did for a couple of years running, it’s hard for me to put [Witt] above him.”</p><p>His teammate Tommy Pham agreed, “You’ve got Judge as the fourth-best player? Am I tripping here?” He continued, “Look at Judge’s numbers. Judge can’t be that low. With all due respect, everybody above him on the list is a great player — Mookie [Betts], Bobby, Ohtani is a unicorn. But Judge had a Barry Bonds season last year.”</p><p>By many measurements, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/did-yankees-aaron-judge-just-have-the-goat-right-handed-hitting-season">Judge did have the greatest season ever by a right-handed hitter</a>. He led the league with 58 homers and 144 RBIs and won his second American League MVP Award. Ohtani is ranked first, which is understandable, but Witt and Betts at two and three, respectively, appear to be causing the most problems.</p><p>Judge had that season last year for the Yankees despite a dismal April. He did not hit his fourth home run until April 24 last year and smoked number four before March ended this year. Maybe ESPN’s Top 100 list gave the Yankees captain motivation to have a consistent season and go after his 62-homer record.</p><p>There are <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44479475/mlb-rank-2025-top-100-baseball-players-ohtani-judge-betts-skenes-witt#nyy" rel="noopener">seven Yankees on the list</a>, including Judge. Max Fried, Devin Williams, Jazz Chisholm Jr, Anthony Volpe, Carlos Rodon, and Cody Bellinger are all represented. Gerrit Cole is not on the list, as he is out for the year with an elbow injury.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees captain Aaron Judge’s ESPN ranking has veteran player ‘tripping’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-cause-death-revealed-brett-gardners-teenage-son');   ga('set', 'title', 'Cause of death revealed for Brett Gardner’s teenage son');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Yankees-players-standing-during-moment-of-silence-for-Miller-Gardner-Brett-Gardners-son.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Cause of death revealed for Brett Gardner’s teenage son</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-03T07:08:30-07:00">April 3rd, 7:08am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-03T07:08:30-07:00">April 3rd, 7:08am</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints. He recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-obliterate-home-run-record-scoring-hot-start-2025">New York Yankees have enjoyed a strong start to the 2025 campaign</a>, winning three of their first five games, and they have done so in destructive fashion at times. Off the field, though, the team has been working to support one of their former players, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-new-york-statement-on-tragic-passing-of-brett-gardners-son-miller">Brett Gardner, after his son, Miller Gardner tragically died</a> on March 21 at just 14 years old.</p><p>Gardner and his family had been staying at a hotel on the Manuel Antonio beach in Costa Rica when his son Miller ended up passing away. According to a recent report, while asphyxiation was initially believed to be the cause of death, it turned out <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44513420/carbon-monoxide-ruled-cause-death-brett-gardner-son" rel="noopener">carbon monoxide poisoning</a> was the reason for Miller’s death, with the belief being that his hotel room in Costa Rica was contaminated.</p><p>“Carbon monoxide poisoning was the cause of death of the teenage son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, authorities in Costa Rica said Wednesday night. Randall Zúñiga, director of the Judicial Investigation Agency, said 14-year-old Miller Gardner was tested for carboxyhemoglobin, a compound generated when carbon monoxide binds to hemoglobin in the blood,” ESPN reported on Thursday morning.</p><h2><b>Yankees pay tribute to Brett Gardner after Miller Gardner’s death</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Brett-Gardner.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Gardner spent his entire 14-year career playing for the Yankees, helping them win their most recent World Series back in 2009. He earned his lone All-Star selection in 2015, and he was a Gold Glove winner in 2016. There’s no doubt his son’s passing has been extremely tough for him and his family, and his former team is doing what they can to help him out during this time.</p><p>On the field, the Yankees have come back down to earth after sweeping the Milwaukee Brewers to open the 2025 campaign, as they have lost their past two games against the Arizona Diamondbacks. They will attempt to avoid getting swept on Thursday night, as they will send the veteran Carlos Carrasco to the mound to face off against Merrill Kelly. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cause of death revealed for Brett Gardner’s teenage son

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He's a die-hard San Francisco Giants fan and a football fanatic. In addition to sports writing, he works for Arizona Football in the Player Personnel and Recruiting department and formerly served as the Defensive Coordinator for Heritage High School.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Arizona Diamondbacks</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Zac Gallen was electric on Wednesday night in the Bronx, and even Yankees manager <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-aaron-boone-explains-removing-jasson-dominguez-late-games">Aaron Boone had no choice but to tip his cap</a> to the Diamondbacks’ ace following a 4-3 Arizona victory.</p><p>“He was really dealing,” Boone said postgame when asked about what made Gallen so effective.</p><p>https://twitter.com/YESNetwork/status/1907614417413415286</p><p>That might be an understatement. Gallen tied a career-high with 13 strikeouts, allowed just three hits, didn’t issue a single walk, and carved through a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-obliterate-home-run-record-scoring-hot-start-2025">Yankees lineup featuring stars like Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger</a>. Over 6 2/3 shutout innings, he collected an <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/zac-gallen-strikes-out-13-yankees-in-d-backs-win" rel="noopener">eye-popping 24 swings and misses</a> — the most in any start of his career.</p><p>On a frigid, blustery night with temperatures hovering in the low 40s and wind chills making it feel much colder, Gallen took the mound in short sleeves — a nod to his New Jersey roots and cold-weather high school days. If the Yankees were hoping the elements would give them a leg up, Gallen quickly erased those hopes.</p><h2>Yankees’ late rally not enough as D-backs hold on</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Zac-Gallen.jpg"><figcaption>Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>“I try to use it to my advantage,” Gallen said of the weather. “Growing up in this, it kind of takes me back to being a kid.”</p><p>He wasted no time attacking the zone, striking out reigning AL MVP Aaron Judge three times and navigating his only real jam in the second inning with back-to-back strikeouts to strand runners at second and third. Gallen credited his catcher Gabriel Moreno, who called nearly the entire game — a rarity, as Gallen often uses PitchCom to call pitches himself.</p><p>“Gabi had a real good feel for what they were trying to do,” Gallen said. “We both prepped a pretty good amount to kind of understand what we had to do to get those guys.”</p><p>The Diamondbacks gave Gallen an early cushion, scoring four runs in the first two innings off Yankees starter Carlos Rodón. A two-run homer from Lourdes Gurriel Jr. in the first and RBI contributions from Geraldo Perdomo and Ketel Marte in the second helped Arizona secure its first-ever regular season series win at Yankee Stadium.</p><p>Despite Arizona’s bats going silent after the second inning, Gallen’s dominance kept the Yankees off the scoreboard until the ninth. Boone and the Yankees managed a rally against the D-backs bullpen, as Anthony Volpe lifted a three-run homer off A.J. Puk to bring New York within one run. But Puk held firm, striking out Jasson Dominguez to seal the win and ensure Gallen’s brilliance didn’t go to waste.</p><p>For Boone, there was no denying the impact Gallen had on the outcome.</p><p>“He had good stuff, obviously the fastball had life, the breaking ball was sharp,” Boone said. “You could tell he was in rhythm early and when he’s on like that, he’s tough.”</p><p>With this bounce-back outing after a rocky Opening Day, Gallen once again reminded the league why he’s firmly entrenched among baseball’s elite arms — even in the cold, even in the Bronx, and even against the New York Yankees.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Aaron Boone gets 100% real about Diamondbacks’ Zac Gallen after 4-3 loss

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-carlos-rodon-x-ray-results-revealed-115mph-comebacker');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Carlos Rodon X-ray results revealed after 115mph comebacker');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Yankees-news-Carlos-Rodon-s-X-ray-results-revealed-after-115mph-comebacker.jpg"></figure><h1>Yankees’ Carlos Rodon X-ray results revealed after 115mph comebacker</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-02T20:27:41-07:00">April 2nd, 8:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-02T20:27:41-07:00">April 2nd, 8:27pm</time><address><a>Kendall Capps</a>Kendall Capps is a multi-media journalist and editor who is overly passionate about all sports (to his wife's dismay). He's a Senior Editor at ClutchPoints who previously managed SB Nation's golf vertical. He has also done work for FantasyPros and co-hosted the Lay The Points podcast as part of a decade-long career in sports entertainment.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-insane-mlb-playoffs-history-monster-game-3-home-runs-vs-guardians">New York Yankees offense</a> was finally silenced on Wednesday night. Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen tied a career-high with 13 strikeouts across 6.2 shutout innings, as New York lost 4-3. After the game, though, the bigger concern was that of Yankees starter Carlos Rodon.</p><p>During the top of the 5th inning, Rodon took a <a href="https://twitter.com/SamLuckiniESM/status/1907588002865377354" rel="noopener">comebacker off of his forearm</a>. The exit velocity of the line drive was listed at 115 miles per hour. Rodon was still able to make the play and remained in the game.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Carlos Rodon just took a 115 MPH MISSILE off his forearm and still made the out at first. Unreal. <a href="https://t.co/AEsfQDdgpF">pic.twitter.com/AEsfQDdgpF</a></p><p>— Sam Luckini (@SamLuckiniESM) <a href="https://twitter.com/SamLuckiniESM/status/1907588002865377354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Nevertheless, the Yankees starter headed for X-rays afterward. New York fans can breathe a sigh of relief, though. The <a href="https://x.com/ChrisKirschner/status/1907614270663061718" rel="noopener">X-rays came back clean</a>, according to The Athletic’s Chris Kirschner.</p><p>Consider that a bullet dodged. Well, figuratively because Rodon literally could not avoid the bullet.</p><p>Rodon completed six innings of work on Wednesday, allowing four earned runs on three hits and four walks. He did rack up five strikeouts.</p><p>With the loss, Rodon fell to 1-1 on the season. He previously picked up a win during <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/mlb-news-joe-buck-decision-call-yankees-brewers-opening-day-game">Opening Day against the Milwaukee Brewers</a> when he struck out seven in a 4-2 victory.</p><p>He is coming off a solid season for New York in 2024. He racked up 16 wins with a 3.96 ERA and 1.22 WHIP. That was a vast improvement after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-new-york-optimistic-about-bounce-back-campaign-carlos-rodon-2024">Rodon failed to live up to expectations</a> in 2023.</p><p>The 6’2” lefty was coming off back-to-back sensational seasons in 2021 and 2022 with the Chicago White Sox and San Francisco Giants, respectively.</p><p>That led to the Yankees signing Rodon to a six-year, $162 million contract.</p><p>Amid the likely season-ending injury for Gerrit Cole atop New York’s rotation, Carlos Rodon is going to be counted on heavily this season. If the Yankees have desires on reaching the World Series again in 2025, they are going to need Rodon to turn back the clock a few years.</p><p>At least for now, he is healthy and pitching well.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Carlos Rodon X-ray results revealed after 115mph comebacker

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-aaron-boone-explains-removing-jasson-dominguez-late-games');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Aaron Boone explains removing Jasson Dominguez late in games');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Aaron-Boone-explains-removing-Jasson-Dominguez-late-in-games.jpg"></figure><h1>Yankees’ Aaron Boone explains removing Jasson Dominguez late in games</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-02T17:05:10-07:00">April 2nd, 5:05pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-02T18:38:09-07:00">April 2nd, 6:38pm</time><address><a>Dylan Fine</a>Dylan Fine focuses on the NFL and NCAA Football for ClutchPoints, in addition to working on the meme team. Dylan is a graduate of Georgetown University and has covered various topics ranging from local politics in the DMV region with DC Voter For Animals to live sporting events in the Long Island and Rochester areas with The Southampton Press and Pickin’Splinters. When he isn't working, he's usually running in preparation for the next annual Turkey Trot.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone explained his controversial decision to bench starting left fielder Jasson Dominguez. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-yankees-match-mlb-record-with-another-slugfest-vs-brewers">Yankees have gotten off to a blistering start</a> on offense in their first four games. And the 22-year-old outfielder has contributed to that start. However, Boone has decided to sub Dominguez out for Trent Grisham in three of these four contests.</p><p>In a postgame interview, Boone <a href="https://x.com/snyyankees/status/1907526953919279563" rel="noopener">detailed why</a> this will be the approach for the Yankees for the foreseeable future.</p><p>“I think it’s an important part of the process, making sure Jasson continues to develop in the best possible way. And I’m putting Trent Grisham in for him too who’s a really good player, and I feel like playing at a really high level right now.</p><p>Through his first several games he’s given us a lot of quality at-bats so there’s a little bit of that and over time I feel like I won’t do that. Because I do feel like he’s going to get to a point where he continues to develop, he continues to get more comfortable with reps out there to where my expectation is that he becomes an outstanding defensive left fielder. So, I just want to make sure his development goes as well as possible.”</p><h2><b>The Yankees will continue to rely on their young bats during this very important season</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Yankees-Jasson-Dominguez.jpg"><figcaption>Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>While New York does have several veterans leading to charge during this hot start, there is also a youth movement within the organization. Jasson Dominguez, Anthony Volpe, Austin Wells, and Ben Rice are all starting daily and are 26 years old or younger. Dominguez <a href="https://www.mlb.com/milb/prospects/yankees/" rel="noopener">was considered</a> the Yankees’ top prospect going into 2025, and so far at the plate, it’s not a surprise why. However, the 22-year-old is still a work in progress from the outfield. Trent Grisham, on the other hand, is a more established fielder than Dominguez.</p><p>With all that said, this is a questionable decision by Boone for two reasons. One, reps in high-leverage situations are only going to make Dominguez better in these moments later in the year. And two, Dominguez is missing late-inning at-bats where he is a superior hitter to Grisham. Boone believes that this approach is just part of the young outfielder’s development. Still, it is fair for fans to question this approach, especially when the Yankees start playing in more close games going forward.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Aaron Boone explains removing Jasson Dominguez late in games

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He has also worked at Spectrum News One in Albany, New York and with The Hockey Writers as a New York Islanders writer. Chris is originally from Connecticut and is a lifelong New York Yankees, Islanders, and Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees are dealing with an insane amount of pitching injuries. Gerrit Cole is out for the season, recovering from Tommy John surgery, and Luis Gil is out with a lat strain. Late in spring training, they <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/yankees-news-clarke-schmidt-injury-mlb-spring-training">lost Clarke Schmidt to rotator cuff tendinitis</a>. Yankees manager Aaron Boone revealed when Schmidt is <a href="https://x.com/snyyankees/status/1907255539433652539" rel="noopener">expected to return to the mound</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Aaron Boone says that Clarke Schmidt will throw a rehab outing with Double-A Somerset this weekend and the plan is for him to return in the April 15-16 range: <a href="https://t.co/j7Yd596YSh">pic.twitter.com/j7Yd596YSh</a></p><p>— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) <a href="https://twitter.com/snyyankees/status/1907255539433652539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“He threw yesterday,” Boone said of Schmidt. “We have him marked for April 15 or 16. He’s got two more [rehab] starts. He’ll start this weekend with [Yankees AA affiliate] Somerset in Hartford, and then he’ll have one more, and then plan will be with us.”</p><p>This is huge for the Yankees, who are running a four-man rotation to start the season. After rookie Will Warren pitched well against the Arizona Diamondbacks, they are back to Carlos Rodon on Wednesday. Carlos Carrasco is on the roster but has been used out of the bullpen in the early going. Based on the schedule, he will have to make a start before Schmidt comes back.</p><p>The Yankees need great starting pitching to compete in a crowded American League. Schmidt was excellent last year, but another injury has set his season back by three weeks.</p><h2><b>The Yankees have powered their way to a great start</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Clarke-Schmidt-with-NY-Yankees-2.jpg"><figcaption>Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Yankees started the season 3-0 after a sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers on Opening Weekend. Their nine home runs on Saturday set a record and started a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/new-york-yankees/yankees-news-jazz-chisholm-jr-s-torpedo-bat-explanation-hilarious-donovan-mitchell-response">conversation about torpedo bats that may never end</a>. The pitching was solid in all three games, but the defense had hiccups that reminded fans of last season.</p><p>Last year, Aaron Judge hit his fourth home run in the 25th game of the season. He already has four after a three-homer game on Saturday. Anthony Volpe already has three homers after hitting only 12 last season. The offense looks alive, even with Juan Soto across town with the Mets, and it could lead to a great season for the Yankees.</p><p>But the pitching will have to shine for the Yankees to go anywhere this season. The Baltimore Orioles have slugged to start the season and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/boston-red-sox/red-sox-news-alex-cora-defiant-take-rafael-devers-historic-strikeout-rate">Rafael Devers won’t go hitless for the entire season</a>. Even the Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays have started the season on the right foot. With Cole not coming back, Schmidt will be leaned on when he comes back.</p><p>The Yankees and Diamondbacks continue their series in The Bronx on Wednesday night at 7.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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