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Is Aaron Judge a flash in the pan? Probably not, but these Yankees were

NEW YORK — Yankees rookie Aaron Judge, who homered again Wednesday night, is baseball’s newest superstar. We’re giving him that tag because he’s so big, so strong and he’s putting up video game numbers … 13 homers, 27 RBIs in 25 games with a .326 average. Now all Judge has to do is keep it up.

Easier said than done. There were several other Yankees over the years who had fans excited about what they were doing as young players, then they turned into nothing special.

Here are 16 former Yankees that made our flash-in-the-pan list:

Joined Yankees: Signed as amateur free agent on Jan.