New York Yankees MVP judge Aaron Judge will be the Captain of Team USA for the 2026 World Baseball Classic, and he could not be happier to direct the stars and scratches against the best talents in the world on the diamond.
Speaking at the Yankee Stadium after the announcement, the manager of the USA team Mark Derosa said that he had asked the former captain Mike Trout to appoint Judge in the role. Derosa said that the Los Angeles Angels superstar replied: “It’s him.”
The judge remembered Trout leading the United States team in the last world baseball finals, where he agitated the American flag while coming out on the field.
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The defensive player of the New York Yankees, Aaron Judge (99), returns to the field after being stuck in the first goal during the seventh round against the Giants of San Francisco at the Yankee Stadium. (Wendell Cruz-Imagn images)
The Captain of the Yankees understands the responsibility that he had the privilege, and he has made sure to underline all those of the armed forces which allow it to do so.
“To hear these praise from you, hearing the praise of Trouty is something special,” the judge in Derosa told a press conference at Yankee Stadium. “Having the chance to represent our country – I said it earlier this morning – thinking of all the courageous men and women who fought for this country and put their lives so that we have the chance to go out here, especially of me, to go out here and to play a game. It is a fairly humiliating experience.
“Happy to represent the United States and happy to be your captain.”
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The judge was expressed one day on his wish to play for the American team, but when the tournament arrived in 2023, it was a difficult period because he was looking for a free agent contract. Given what happened in New York Put closer to Edwin Diaz during a celebration with the Puerto Rico team – he tore his Achilles in a bizarre accident – the judge was likely to be injured.
The judge received an extension of nine years and $ 360 million with the Yankees and the captain for the franchise to start. But with the New Deal, Judge thought it was intelligent to sit down.
The New York Yankees Voltueur Aaron Judge (99) strikes a simple against the Giants of San Francisco during the fifth round at the Yankee Stadium. (Images Tom Horak-Imagn)
But the judge, who won his second MVP last season, knew that the tournament would return in 2026. And Derose immediately thought of the judge when he was appointed director.
“I wanted him to be the captain,” Derosa told journalists. “I had the impression that he deserves it. I watched Mike Trout out against Japan while holding the flag; I want [Judge] be this guy. “”
The manager of the Yankees, Aaron Boone, added: “In many ways, he is certainly one of the facial faces. A magnetic personality that people revolve, that people around the game love and respect. I think he will be great.”
New York Yankees Voltueur Aaron (99) reacts after catching a pop fly against the San Francisco giants during the eighth round at the Yankee Stadium. (Images Tom Horak-Imagn)
While the judge is on board as captain of the American team, the surrounding list will not be finalized before next year. In 2023, he released in early February.
However, the presence of Judge should lead other great players in the United States to express their wish to be considered by Derosa to make the team.
