Aaron Judge said he kept playing because guys like Stanton and Max Fried were hurt and the #Yankees needed him and this is what they pay him for.
Then I gotta listen to people say he’s not a leader and a captain. That’s what a leader and a captain does.
Let’s be honest about something else too. A guy sits out with something that’s perceived to be minor and he gets killed for not being tough enough. Aaron Judge played through a broken freakin rib and it’s “why didn’t he say anything sooner”.
It’s unfortunate and we’re gonna miss watching this guy play baseball for the next couple of months but I don’t fault him or the Yankees for how any of this was handled.