2017–Present
The Judge Era
Aaron Judge becomes the face of the franchise. 62 home runs, Juan Soto arrives, and the Yankees return to the World Series in 2024. The next chapter is being written.
All Rise
Aaron Judge→KEY PLAYERS
The Stars of The Judge Era
Chase Hampton
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Will Warren
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Cade Winquest
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Jorbit Vivas
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Osvaldo Bido
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Brent Headrick
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Cam Schlittler
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Elmer Rodríguez
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Paul Goldschmidt
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Cody Bellinger
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Ryan McMahon
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Trent Grisham
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Amed Rosario
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Ben Rice
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José Caballero
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Jasson Domínguez
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Oswaldo Cabrera
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Spencer Jones
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Max Schuemann
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J.C. Escarra
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SEASONS
2017–2026 Season by Season
Baby Bombers Announce Themselves
2nd in AL East · Mgr: Joe Girardi
100 Wins, Early Exit
2nd in AL East · Mgr: Aaron Boone
Next Man Up
1st in AL East · Mgr: Aaron Boone
The COVID Season
2nd in AL East · Mgr: Aaron Boone
Wild Card Heartbreak
T-2nd in AL East · Mgr: Aaron Boone
Judge Hits 62 — A New AL Record
1st in AL East · Mgr: Aaron Boone
Rock Bottom
4th in AL East · Mgr: Aaron Boone
Soto Arrives, Fall Classic Returns
1st in AL East · Mgr: Aaron Boone
Defending AL Champions
2nd in AL East · Mgr: Aaron Boone
ALDS vs. Tampa Bay Rays
2nd in AL East · Mgr: Aaron Boone
HISTORIC MOMENTS
Defining Moments of The Judge Era
Yankees Retire Derek Jeter's No. 2
May 14, 2017. Mother's Day. The New York Yankees retired Derek Jeter's No. 2 and unveiled his Monument Park plaque in the same pregame ceremony -- one...
2017 ALCS: Astros Beat the Yankees in Seven
Here's something I still think about: every game the New York Yankees played in Houston in October 2017, they lost. Four games, four losses, the same...
Aaron Judge's 52-Homer Rookie of the Year Season
Nobody asked the New York Yankees to produce a 6-foot-7 right fielder who would hit 52 home runs in his first full season, win the Home Run Derby, get...
Aaron Boone Hired as Yankees Manager
The New York Yankees fired a manager who'd won a World Series and hired a guy whose most recent baseball job was talking into a camera on ESPN's Sunday...
Yankees Acquire Giancarlo Stanton from the Marlins
December 11, 2017. The New York Yankees introduced Giancarlo Stanton at a podium in Orlando during the Winter Meetings, and the reigning NL MVP --...
2018 Yankees: 100 Wins and a Home Run Record
The 2018 New York Yankees won 100 games and didn't win the division. They broke the MLB single-season home run record and didn't win the World Series...
2018 ALDS: Red Sox Eliminate the Yankees
A hundred wins doesn't buy you anything in October if the team on the other side of the bracket is about to be the best team on the planet. The New...
DJ LeMahieu Signs with the Yankees
The Yankees quietly sign infielder DJ LeMahieu to a two-year, $24 million deal in January 2019, a depth move nobody blinked at that turned into one of...
CC Sabathia's 3,000th Career Strikeout
Chase Field, bottom of the second, and CC Sabathia is one strike from history in front of a road crowd that's about to give him a standing ovation...
2019 ALCS: Altuve's Walk-Off Ends the Yankees' Season
The 2019 ALCS ended when Jose Altuve hit a two-run walk-off homer off Aroldis Chapman in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 6 and then did...
Gerrit Cole Signs 9-Year Deal
The Yankees sign Gerrit Cole to a 9-year, $324 million contract, the largest ever for a pitcher at the time.
Gerrit Cole's Yankees Debut on Opening Night 2020
July 23, 2020. An empty Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. -- no fans, a prerecorded national anthem, and the defending World Series champions raising...
The 2020 Yankees' COVID-Shortened Season
The 2020 New York Yankees played 60 games in empty stadiums in a season that started in July and ended in October with Mike Brosseau -- a backup...
Corey Kluber No-Hits the Rangers
May 19, 2021. A Wednesday night at Globe Life Field in Arlington, and Corey Kluber -- two-time Cy Young winner, coming off two straight seasons wrecked...
Yankees Acquire Anthony Rizzo from the Cubs
The Yankees acquire Anthony Rizzo from the Chicago Cubs on July 29, 2021, sending two minor leaguers to Chicago as the Cubs blow up their 2016...
2021 AL Wild Card Game: Red Sox Beat the Yankees
The Yankees paid Gerrit Cole $324 million to pitch like this in October. He lasted two innings.
Yankees Retire Paul O'Neill's No. 21
Twenty-one years after Paul O'Neill played his last game in pinstripes, the Yankees finally got around to retiring his number. On August 21, 2022...
Aaron Judge Hits 62 Home Runs
Aaron Judge breaks Roger Maris's 61-year-old AL single-season home run record with his 62nd blast.
2022 ALDS: Yankees Outlast the Guardians in Five
Five games. One walk-off loss that snapped a record that had stood the entire history of the franchise. And a trade-deadline pickup who turned into the...
2022 ALCS: Astros Sweep the Yankees
The final out was a groundout. Aaron Judge -- the man who hit 62 home runs, who turned down $213.5 million in April and earned $360 million for it --...
Aaron Judge's 2022 AL MVP Season
In March 2022, the New York Yankees offered Aaron Judge seven years and $213.5 million to lock him up before the season started. He said no.
Aaron Judge Re-Signs with Yankees for $360 Million
December 7, 2022. Somewhere in a hotel suite full of agents and lawyers, Aaron Judge agreed to stay with the New York Yankees for nine more years and...
Aaron Judge Named 16th Yankees Captain
December 21, 2022. A podium at Yankee Stadium, Derek Jeter and Willie Randolph standing off to the side, and Hal Steinbrenner introducing Aaron Judge...
Carlos Rodón Signs a $162 Million Deal with the Yankees
The Yankees hand Carlos Rodón a six-year, $162 million contract in December 2022, pairing him with Gerrit Cole atop the rotation two weeks after...
Anthony Volpe's Opening Day Debut at Shortstop
March 30, 2023. Yankee Stadium. A 21-year-old from Watchung, New Jersey, jogged out to shortstop for the New York Yankees on Opening Day, and the...
Aaron Judge's Toe Injury at Dodger Stadium
June 3, 2023, Dodger Stadium. Aaron Judge sprinted to the right-field wall, leaped, and made one of those catches that makes you jump off the couch...
Domingo Germán's Perfect Game in Oakland
June 28, 2023. A Wednesday night at the Oakland Coliseum, a stadium so far past its expiration date that it had spent a decade as baseball's running...
The 2023 Yankees' August Collapse
August 2023. The month the 2023 Yankees season went from "disappointing" to "historically bad." A nine-game losing streak -- nine consecutive losses...
Gerrit Cole's 2023 Cy Young Season
In a season where nearly everything went wrong for the Yankees, Gerrit Cole went right. Spectacularly, historically, unanimously right. His 2023...
Juan Soto Traded to the Yankees
December 6, 2023. Late at night, deep into the Winter Meetings in Nashville, the New York Yankees pulled off the biggest trade of Brian Cashman's...
Jazz Chisholm Jr. Traded to the Yankees
The Yankees acquired Jazz Chisholm Jr. from the Miami Marlins on July 27, 2024, sending three prospects south and immediately moving him to a position...
2024 ALCS: Yankees Beat the Guardians for the Pennant
Nobody was talking about Giancarlo Stanton going into the 2024 ALCS. He'd spent seven years as a Yankee with an absurd contract, absurd power, and an...
Yankees Reach 2024 World Series
The Yankees advance to the World Series for the first time since 2009 behind Juan Soto and Aaron Judge.
2024 World Series: Yankees vs. Dodgers
Freddie Freeman couldn't run all week. The first time he jogged was when they called his name for player introductions before Game 1, and he trotted...
Aaron Judge's Unanimous 2024 AL MVP Season
Thirty ballots. Thirty first-place votes. On November 21, 2024, Aaron Judge became the first unanimous AL MVP of his career, and honestly, it felt less...
How the Yankees Pivoted After Losing Juan Soto
December 2024. Juan Soto signed with the New York Mets for 15 years and $765 million -- the largest contract in North American sports history. The...
Juan Soto Signs $765 Million Deal with the Mets
I'm not gonna sugarcoat this. On December 9, 2024, Juan Soto -- the best hitter the New York Yankees had paired with Aaron Judge since the dynasty...
Max Fried Signs 8-Year, $218 Million Deal
Two days after Juan Soto picked the Mets over the Bronx for $765 million, the Yankees turned around and wrote the biggest check in franchise history to...
Yankees Hit a Franchise-Record Nine Homers vs. Brewers
April 2025, Game 2 of the season against the Milwaukee Brewers. The Yankees hit home runs on three consecutive pitches to open the game. Three pitches...
CC Sabathia Inducted into the Hall of Fame
CC Sabathia got 342 of a possible 394 votes on the BBWAA's 2025 Hall of Fame ballot -- 86.8%, comfortably clear of the 75% cutoff -- and went in on the...
Cam Schlittler's 12-Strikeout Gem in Wild Card Game 3
October 2025, Wild Card Game 3 against the Boston Red Sox. Win or go home. The Yankees' entire 94-win season -- the nine-homer game, the May lead, the...
Aaron Judge's Foul-Pole Homer in the 2025 ALDS
October 2025, ALDS Game 3 against the Toronto Blue Jays. The Yankees were down in the series. The season was on the brink. And Aaron Judge did what...
2025 ALDS: Blue Jays Eliminate the Yankees
October 2025. The Yankees and Blue Jays finished the regular season with the exact same record -- 94-68 -- and Toronto still walked away with the AL...
Cody Bellinger Re-Signs for Five Years, $162.5 Million
Scott Boras wanted seven years. The New York Yankees offered five. On January 21, 2026, after a winter-long staring contest, Cody Bellinger blinked...
Cam Schlittler's Historic Start to 2026
Through his first nine starts of the 2026 season, Cam Schlittler struck out 59 batters, walked nine, gave up exactly one home run, and posted a 1.35...
Aaron Judge's 2026 Rib Stress Fracture
Aaron Judge suffered a stress fracture in his right first rib during the 2026 season, an injury that's kept the Yankees captain off the field since May...
2026 Trade Deadline: Doval Out, Luis Garcia Jr. In
Two moves, one day apart, and neither one was subtle about the problem they were solving. On Saturday, August 1, 2026, the Yankees traded reliever...