When Aaron Boone first got the job managing the Yankees, Aaron Hicks let him know. The 6-foot-7 slugger thought of himself as a center fielder. Through the years, Judge kept dropping hints. He played 53 games at center for Fresno State, was drafted by the Yankees as a center fielder.
Now, given the chance, Judge isn’t talking about it, he’s showing everyone he can do it. Tuesday night, Judge made a tremendous play reading a Shohei Ohtani’s long flyball off the bat, running back to the left-center wall and making a leaping grab to pull back a home run.