{"id":34771,"date":"2025-03-21T02:54:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T02:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=34771"},"modified":"2025-03-21T02:54:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T02:54:28","slug":"update-aaron-judge-makes-guarantee-amid-yankees-brutal-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=34771","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Aaron Judge makes guarantee amid Yankees&#8217; brutal injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex w-full max-w-[980px] flex-col px-4 pt-4 font-secondary lg:px-0\">\n<p class=\"dek prose mb-2.5 italic text-secondary\">Aaron Judge still has confidence in Yankees despite early injuries<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex w-full max-w-[980px] flex-row gap-5\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col lg:max-w-[660px]\">\n<div class=\"px-4 pb-5 lg:px-0\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-between gap-4  font-secondary md:items-center \">\n<div class=\"flex-row flex-wrap items-center text-primary\">\n<div class=\"author-link mr-2.5 flex items-center text-sm md:text-nowrap \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aspect-video w-full max-w-full object-contain object-center px-4 lg:px-0\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Aaron-Judge-makes-guarantee-amid-New-Yorks-brutal-injuries.jpg?w=700\" sizes=\" (max-width: 768px) 600px,  (min-width: 769px) 700px\" srcset=\"\n              https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Aaron-Judge-makes-guarantee-amid-New-Yorks-brutal-injuries.jpg?w=700 600w,\n              https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Aaron-Judge-makes-guarantee-amid-New-Yorks-brutal-injuries.jpg?w=700 900w\n            \" alt=\"Aaron Judge still has faith in the Yankees\" \/><\/p>\n<article class=\"article-body prose max-w-none pb-7 pt-5 prose-figure:max-w-full prose-ol:pl-10 prose-img:max-w-full prose-video:max-w-full md:prose-ol:pl-6 [&amp;_iframe]:m-auto [&amp;_iframe]:block [&amp;_iframe]:max-w-full\">The American League champion\u00a0New York Yankees have received quite a bit of bad news on the injury front throughout spring training. Most of those injuries have been to the team&#8217;s starting pitchers, and that could have negative implications in the first few months of the season.<\/p>\n<p>However, team captain\u00a0Aaron Judge is refusing to let injuries to ace Gerrit Cole, solid starter Luis Gil, and dependable Clarke Schmidt put him in a negative state of mind regarding the Yankees&#8217; prospects for the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>Cole is out for the full season after having Tommy John surgery. Gil is also expected to miss significant time, and Schmidt is contending with shoulder problems that could conceivably impact his pitching delivery for several weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The offense took a hit in the offseason when Juan Soto signed with the cross-town Mets, and injuries also have sidelined veteran slugger Giancarlo Stanton. Judge said his team still has\u00a0plenty of talent\u00a0to compete in the American League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou miss Gerrit Cole, one of the best pitchers in the game\u2026 Luis Gil, who emerged as probably our second-best starter last season\u2026 and Big G (Giancarlo Stanton) not being in there,\u201d Judge said, per Jon Heyman of the New York Post. \u201cYou can\u2019t replace a Cole. You can\u2019t replace a Luis Gil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I think we\u2019ve got some young guys who are going to step up. We\u2019ve still got a good ballclub here.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Yankees have multiple weapons despite injuries<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3301819\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3301819\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3301819\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Aaron-Judge-remains-confident-that-the-Yankees-have-the-talent-to-continue-to-play-winning-baseball.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Aaron-Judge-remains-confident-that-the-Yankees-have-the-talent-to-continue-to-play-winning-baseball.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Aaron-Judge-remains-confident-that-the-Yankees-have-the-talent-to-continue-to-play-winning-baseball.jpg?resize=300,150 300w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Aaron-Judge-remains-confident-that-the-Yankees-have-the-talent-to-continue-to-play-winning-baseball.jpg?resize=768,384 768w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Aaron-Judge-remains-confident-that-the-Yankees-have-the-talent-to-continue-to-play-winning-baseball.jpg?resize=1024,512 1024w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Aaron-Judge-remains-confident-that-the-Yankees-have-the-talent-to-continue-to-play-winning-baseball.jpg?resize=150,75 150w\" alt=\" New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge (99) doubles against the Boston Red Sox in the fourth inning during spring training at George M. Steinbrenner Field. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3301819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"not-prose flex w-full flex-col gap-2 divide-y divide-solid divide-[#58585820] bg-[#FAFAFA] px-4 pt-5\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col\">\n<article class=\"article-body prose max-w-none pb-7 pt-5 prose-figure:max-w-full prose-ol:pl-10 prose-img:max-w-full prose-video:max-w-full md:prose-ol:pl-6 [&amp;_iframe]:m-auto [&amp;_iframe]:block [&amp;_iframe]:max-w-full\">The Yankees have added\u00a0three key veterans in the offseason, and manager Aaron Boone knows that he will count on Paul Goldschmidt and Cody Bellinger to make up for the loss of Soto and the injury to Stanton. They also added star pitcher\u00a0Max Fried from the Atlanta Braves.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees are also counting on relative youngsters like Jazz Chisholm, Anthony Volpe, and Austin Wells. Judge said Ben Rice has impressed him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Rice is doing, the adjustments he\u2019s making are incredible to watch. And I love seeing Will Warren\u2019s progress. He\u2019s a guy who\u2019s continuing to take that next step.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Judge is going to have to come through with a major contribution himself if the Yankees are going to stay at or near the top of the American League East.<\/p>\n<p>Judge had one of his best seasons in 2024 when he slashed .322\/.459\/.701 with 58 home runs and 144 runs batted in. Judge led the American League in those last two power categories.<\/p>\n<p>He has won the American League Most Valuable Player twice in his career, the Silver Slugger four times, and he has been an American League All-Star six times.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Judge still has confidence in Yankees despite early injuries The American League champion\u00a0New York Yankees have received quite a bit of bad news on the injury&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UPDATE: Aaron Judge makes guarantee amid Yankees&#039; 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