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A busy day in the New York Yankees: Judge made his spring training debut and revealed that he planned to change the curse of slow heat

On Saturday, U.S. time, Aaron Judge spoke at the George W. Brown on Saturday. George M. Steinbrenner Field made his debut in this year's spring training warm-up tournament as the Yankees beat the Astros 9-3. The captain hit a first-run with a two-point hit and revealed after the game that he would sprint for 40-50 spring training hits to improve his opening season.

"I've been doing a lot of practice on the infield, like playing against the likes of Gerrit Cole in the early days of spring training," Judge said, "and my goal is to get 40-50 fights, which might give us a better start to April." During last year's spring training, Judge hit only 5 hits (.208 batting average) in 24 hits in the Grapefruit League, and his batting average was below .200 for a long time (as of April 27) in the March-April regular season, and finally ended the period with 22 hits (.220 batting average), 6 hits, and 17 RBIs.

However, the two-time American League MVP then showed a reign of terror - breaking 1.000 OPS per month from May to September, and finally won the championship again with .267/.406/.613 season data, 37 hits, and 75 RBIs. Speaking about his motivations, Judge admitted: "I did feel well prepared in the opening game, but looking back on the whole season I always think: 'What else can be improved?' Just as it takes more training to improve bench press, it may take more hits to optimize your season. "

The Yankees will host their season opener against the Brewers at Yankee Stadium on March 27. Judge stressed that he will count training court attendances to his spring training total: "This could be a way to help the team get off to a better start. We're ready, of course, but there's no end to exploring room for improvement. "

It's worth noting that Judge started the season last year with a sluggish batting average, but he still contributed six home runs — and his long-hitting threat was always there. With the spring training schedule doubling (24 in last year's spring training warm-up games), whether the heavy gunner can achieve a "hot start" in 2024 will be a key variable for the Yankees to shock the championship.

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