Judge is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Guardians.
Judge started both ends of Saturday's doubleheader, and this is presumably just a rest day for the AL MVP candidate. Aaron Hicks will shift over to center field as Marwin Gonzalez enters the lineup in left against right-hander Triston McKenzie. Giancarlo Stanton will serve as the designated hitter.
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Yankees' Aaron Judge: Crushes 29th homer
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Judge went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run, a walk and an additional run scored during Wednesday's 5-3 win against the Athletics.
The 30-year-old put New York on the board with a 429-foot, two-run shot to left during the opening frame, and he walked during the third inning and came around to score on Giancarlo Stanton's three-run homer. Judge entered Wednesday's contest in a 2-for-20 slump, but he showed signs of busting out with the homer and the walk.
Judge went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer and a walk during Sunday's 6-3 win over Houston.
Although the Yankees were held without a hit over the first six innings of Sunday's matchup, the team rallied late, and Judge propelled the team to the win with his second walkoff hit in the last four games. The 30-year-old has hit a modest .277 in June after hitting .303 over the first two months of the season, but he's recorded 10 homers, 20 runs, 18 RBI and two stolen bases over 24 games this month.
Judge and the Yankees settled on a one-year, $19 million contract Friday to avoid an arbitration hearing, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
Judge reportedly turned down a one-year, $19 million offer from the Yankees in recent days, but the two sides were ultimately able to strike a deal with that salary. He'll be able to make up to $500,000 in incentives, and it's encouraging that the two sides settled prior to a hearing, which can strain relationships between players and their teams. The 30-year-old is slashing .304/.379/.658 with 27 homers, 58 runs, 53 RBI and five stolen bases to begin the season.
Yankees' Aaron Judge: Slugs two more homers in win
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Judge went 2-for-5 with a pair of solo home runs Wednesday in a 5-4 victory versus Tampa Bay.
Judge accounted for the Yankees' first run with his solo homer off Shane Baz in the fourth inning, and he belted another solo shot to pull New York within a run in the seventh. The slugger had been in a minor power drought at the plate with no homers over his past six games entering Wednesday -- incredibly, that was his second-longest span of games without a long ball this season. Judge leads all major leaguers with 27 home runs on the campaign, six more than his closest competitors (Yordan Alvarez and Mike Trout with 21 apiece).
Judge is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Rays.
Judge will take a seat for only the fourth time all season and for the first time since May 16 in what looks to be a routine maintenance day. The Yankees will roll out an outfield of Marwin Gonzalez, Aaron Hicks and Joey Gallo from left to right while the American League MVP candidate receives a well-earned day off.
