{"id":37530,"date":"2025-04-01T02:16:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T02:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37530"},"modified":"2025-04-01T02:16:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T02:16:57","slug":"breaking-yankees-send-three-word-message-to-aaron-judge-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=37530","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Yankees Send Three-Word Message to Aaron Judge on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail--body\">\n<p>The year 2024 ended badly for the\u00a0New York Yankees, as they fell apart in the World Series and lost there to the\u00a0Los Angeles Dodgers. Then, to add insult to injury, they lost star outfielder\u00a0Juan Soto\u00a0to the\u00a0New York Mets, which, according to commentators, meant that a seismic shift had taken place in New York City baseball.<\/p>\n<p>But the Yankees have won each of their first three games of the 2025\u00a0MLB\u00a0season, and they have been buoyed by the play of\u00a0Aaron Judge.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-b6529d144b174135a85ef112baa66f5c\" data-google-query-id=\"CMb455ThtYwDFdlAwgUd_x82DQ\" data-ad-size=\"0x0\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\/new-york-yankees_2__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/mlb\/new-york-yankees_2\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/80916d4d5f1fb28444b88a1b4e82d212.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-41\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"0\" height=\"235\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The star slugger has hit four home runs and 11 RBIs, including three homers on Saturday versus the\u00a0Milwaukee Brewers. The Yankees sent him a simple three-word message on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s roll, Cap,&#8221;\u00a0the team posted.<\/p>\n<p>With his help, the Yankees have scored a ridiculous 36 runs in their first three games. 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