Judge's first home run in the warm-up tournament finally started spring training again after two years

New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge finally knocked out the first shot of the warm-up game, and he hit a two-point shot from the left against the Phillies on the 23rd to break the long-term slow heat. Judge didn't run a home run for the entire spring training last year, and the most recent hit in spring training was in March 2023, which is equivalent to a home run in a warm-up game after two years.

Judge had a average of just 0.138 in this year's warm-up game, with 4 hits on 29 hits and 15 strikeouts, while the rest were mostly fly-ball outs and 6 four-bad runs. The home run hit 38 feet into the left field, and head coach Aaron Boone said, "Of course it's great to see our captain hit another home run, I think he's been trying different adjustments all spring, and it's clear in the last few games that he's dominant in terms of selection, and a couple of swings today were pretty good."

The Yankees returned to the World Series last year, and Judge was mediocre for the first time, hitting 3 RBIs and batting average at 0.222 in five series, and in the final game he tried to turn the tide, hitting a home run and a two-point shot, but the Yankees still lost to the Dodgers by 1 point.

Judge was originally the second baseman, but last season Juan Soto joined and switched to the third baseman, and in the new season, Soto went to the Metropolitans in the same city, and Judge returned to the second base. New MVP star Paul Goldschmidt got his first chance in spring training, and both he and Judge played right-handed, which the head coach expects will only be done when dealing with the starting left-hand shot.