Yankees Nation

Individually, Aaron Judge should be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. After all, the Yankees slugger is a: ⚾ 3x American League Most Valuable Player ⚾ 7x All-Star ⚾ 4x All-MLB First Team ⚾ 5x Silver Slugger ⚾ 3x AL Hank Aaron Award winner ⚾ AL Rookie of the Year ⚾ Holder of AL record of 62 home runs in a season However, as good as he is, Judge has yet to take his respective teams to championship glory. Judge and the Yankees went to the World Series in 2024, when the Dodgers won in five games. The clincher, of course, was known for Los Angeles erasing a 5-0 deficit. This included Judge's error in the outfield that led to the Dodgers scoring 5 unanswered runs. Judge and the Yankees can only look on as Los Angeles celebrated their championship victory in their own stadium. And now, in 2026, Judge and Team USA went all the way to the championship game of the World Baseball Classic. Misfortunes, however, would continue to haunt Judge. He went 0-for-4 with 3 strikeouts against Venezuela, who ended up winning their first-ever World Baseball Classic at LoanDepot Park, which was supposedly Team USA's home field. As such, Judge continues to be unfavorably compared to another superstar slugger, Shohei Ohtani, who already has 2 World Series wins, a World Baseball Classic champion, and a WBC Most Valuable Player.

Alex Rodriguez BANKED IN a half-court shot to win $10,000 for a Bucknell student 🏦💵 (via @bh_alec)

🚨 BREAKING: Pitcher Max Fried and the Yankees have agreed to a 8-year, $218 million contract, per @JeffPassan. This deal is the biggest guarantee in baseball history for a left-handed pitcher 🤯

*Juan Soto is joining the New York Mets* Yankees fan burns his #22 uniform 😳 (via @amper0627)

One year after striking out on Shohei Ohtani, the Blue Jays miss out yet again on a big free agency signing in Juan Soto 👀

🚨BREAKING: Juan Soto and the New York Mets have agreed to a 15-year, $765 million contract, per @JeffPassan. This makes it the largest deal in professional sports history.

ALL RISE 👨‍⚖️ Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees wins his second American League MVP Award! 🏆 58 home runs 🏆 10 stolen bases 🏆 144 RBI 🏆 .322 batting average

“It almost felt like a win to just not really give up the lead and be in a position to keep going.” Gerrit Cole after disastrous Game 5 for the Yankees 🗣️ (via @snyyankees)

Aaron Judge and Juan Soto look on from the Yankees dugout. What a run from the Yankees 👏

"He is all in for his teams. He is all in for the Yankees... Congratulations for shining when your moment came." Rob Gronkowski says the Yankees fan who interfered with Mookie Betts last night was a friend 😅 (via @UpAndAdamsShow)

The Yankees take down the Dodgers to force Game 5 🔥 Anthony Volpe: 2/3 4 RBI 3 R 1 2B 1 HR Austin Wells: 2/3 2 R 1 RBI 1 HR

Anthony Rizzo turns the CLUTCH double play to end the 2nd inning 👀

Fan interference was called on this play after a Yankees fan tried to take the ball from Mookie Betts' glove after a catch 😅

The Dodgers take Game 3 from the Yankees and are one win away from winning the World Series 🔥 Freddie Freeman: 1/3 1 HR 2 RBI

Shohei Ohtani (shoulder) will be in the lineup for Game 3 against the Yankees, per Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. The series now shifts to New York.

The Dodgers hang tough and take care of business in the 10th inning on a Freddie Freeman GRAND SLAM! LA leads the World Series, 1-0 over the Yankees 👋

Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge have carried their respective teams to the Fall Classic. The Dodgers and Yankees are meeting in the World Series for just the 12th time ever 🍿 That's tied with the Celtics and Lakers for the most title matchups in MLB/NBA/NHL/NFL/WNBA history.