During MLB’s 2021 off-season, the reigning AL MVP, Aaron Judge, betted on himself to hit over 50 homers again in the 2022 season. Judge fulfilled this prediction for himself even before August ended. Thereby him having enough time to hit as much more homers as possible. At last, as the baseball world already knows, All Rise wrapped up the 2022’s regular season by hitting his career’s highest 62 home runs. And now, it’s time for yet another season of Major League Baseball.
With the Spring Training already in motion, the regular season is about to start on March 30. Meanwhile, predictions are already beginning to take place about whether the AL home run king will have another historic season. Additionally, with the baseball fans making their own predictions, All Rise also has something to say about his individual statistics for the upcoming season.
New York Yankees’ captain Aaron Judge is not dwelling on the future
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The ball players have already reported to their respective spring training facilities and are doing press conferences talking about their vision and goals for the upcoming season. BAJ also became a part of a conference, most recently, where he spoke about his individual goals for the season.
The team player that the slugger already is not fixated on building up his individual statistics. On whether or not the historic season will get repeated, Judge said, “I don’t know. We’ll see. I got some goals written down. My individual stats always take care of themselves when I’m focused on the team. The game tells you what you need to do. Do whatever I need to do to keep the line moving, I’m gonna do that.”
"My individual stats always take care of themselves when I'm focused on the team"
Aaron Judge was asked about his individual goals for this season: pic.twitter.com/WbROtdbNb6
— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) February 20, 2023
Aside from this, BAJ said that he does not go on the field thinking about his goals. Instead, he goes there as a team player, wanting to build up the team’s score, and his personal stats go up on their own.
Judge’s response has humbled fans!
New York Yankees’ fanbase is one of the biggest in the entire big league. Judge and Yankees fans went into debates all over the internet for him to be awarded AL MVP and pleaded for the Yankees front office to give him an offer he couldn’t refuse. At last, all their debates were worth it, as Judge got it all.
Following are some reactions to Judge’s response on repeating the historic season.
Perfect example of why he is the Yankees captain. Judge is so humble and puts the team first
— Trachiel Tallchief (@Trachiel_24) February 20, 2023
73 hr.
— Josh’s burner (@Joshvvsburner) February 21, 2023
That's what a Captain should say. https://t.co/CwUeFfYTh0
— R T (@RDog861) February 20, 2023
Class. Act. https://t.co/BG83PdqN8B
— Buzz Patterson (@BuzzPatterson) February 20, 2023
Nothing but class, as usual, from my Captain. https://t.co/AoevZGqDVy
— Dylan's Otterly Unique 🦦⚾️ (@YankesGrl99) February 20, 2023
Perfection doesn't exis…. https://t.co/o01No63jyS
— 𝓛𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓼❤️🔥 (@yankeesgoddess) February 20, 2023
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The captain! https://t.co/NaOk2hK3F7
— Joey Rodriguez (@Coachjrod12) February 20, 2023
Most of the fans agree on the same thing that putting the team first, as Judge said, is indeed a class act, and that’s exactly what is expected from him. Whereas one of the fans simply wrote, ’73 hrs,’ in his tweet.
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