Yankees’ Aaron Judge Sends 4-Word Message After Team’s Fans Boo
The New York Yankees’ superstar slugger offered a response to the fans “getting on him” for poor performances.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - MARCH 25: Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees looks on from the dugout prior to the game between the New York Yankees and the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park on Wednesday, March 25, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Kavin Mistry/MLB Photos via Getty Images) MLB Photos via Getty Images The New York Yankees saw an offensive surge en route to their Opening Night win against the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday, but it didn’t include any contributions from their most talented hitter. As Yankees like Trent Grisham, Jose Caballero and Ryan McMahon logged hits that scored some of the team’s seven runs in the game, franchise slugger Aaron Judge made dubious history without contributing any.
“Judge became the first reigning Most Valuable Player to strike out four times in an Opening Day game, including three punchouts against San Francisco starter Logan Webb,” Bryan Hoch wrote for MLB. com . “The Yankees’ captain struck out swinging in the first inning, was rung up on a called third strike in the second, then whiffed on a foul tip in the fourth.
Reliever Keaton Winn caught Judge looking in the sixth. ” MORE FROM FORBES Parents Of Phillies’ Alec Bohm Send 5-Word Message After Lawsuit Update By Peter Chawaga New York Yankees Fans Boo Aaron Judge Amid Surprising Slump After slugging 53 home runs with a . 310 batting average and earning his third career Most Valuable Player Award last year, Judge has no reason to fear a prolonged offensive drought.
But fans have been remarkably impatient with his quiet bat, which stretches back to some struggles in the World Baseball Classic earlier this month and in Yankees’ Spring Training games. After Judge went hitless in the WBC championship game against Team Venezuela, then recorded an out at Yankees spring training, he was booed by Yankees fans — a reaction that was decried by broadcaster Michael Kay soon afterward. “The other night, Aaron Judge made an out and the Spring Training crowd booed,” Kay said on ESPN New York .