Aaron Judge admits early frustration in team's offseason: 'We're the New York Yankees'

Turning 34 successful April, it's becoming much and much apt that Aaron Judge whitethorn articulation Don Mattingly arsenic the lone New York Yankees captains without a World Series ringing successful the modern era.

Judge is coming disconnected his 3rd MVP play successful the past 4 years but remains without what truly matters successful Yankees universe: a title.

Well, aft Judge's Yankees were bounced successful the American League Division Series past season, they're moving it backmost with an astir identical team.

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Aaron Judge reacts aft striking retired against the Toronto Blue Jays successful the American League Division Series astatine Yankee Stadium connected Oct. 8, 2025, successful New York City. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

At 1 point, the Yankees offseason looked bleak — oregon arsenic Judge enactment it, "brutal."

"I'm seeing different teams astir the league get better. They're making trades, they're signing large prospects oregon large players and we benignant of were sitting determination for a while, benignant of making smaller moves," Judge said.

"Early on, it was beauteous pugnacious to watch. I'm like, 'Man, we're the New York Yankees, let's spell retired determination and get the close people, get the close pieces to spell retired determination and decorativeness this happening off.'"

Aaron Judge watches from the dugout during the American League wild-card bid against the Boston Red Sox astatine Yankee Stadium connected Oct. 2, 2025, successful New York. (Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

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But aft the Yankees re-signed Cody Bellinger, Trent Grisham and Paul Goldschmidt, Judge was content.

"I deliberation erstwhile we solidified getting Bellinger back, we got Trent being our halfway fielder, being our leadoff feline for different year. You adhd a feline similar Goldy, immoderate of the back-end bullpen pieces that we've been doing, I deliberation we'll beryllium successful a bully spot…" Judge said.

"We've got a peculiar radical of players here. We've got a bully core, bully young core. It was frustrating, but I deliberation we're close wherever we request to be."

The Yankees finished with 94 wins and tied for the champion grounds successful the American League but mislaid the tiebreaker to the Toronto Blue Jays, who overpowered them successful the ALDS.

Cody Bellinger, Aaron Judge and Paul Goldschmidt earlier the crippled against the Boston Red Sox astatine Yankee Stadium connected Sept. 30, 2025, successful New York. (New York Yankees/Getty Images)

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But the speech successful the clubhouse seems to beryllium that they judge the squad is conscionable fine, arsenic the Yankees look to triumph their archetypal rubric since 2009.

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