Who’s to blame for Yankees’ Aaron Judge failed comeback? ‘Going to be super tough on us’ | Klapisch

NEW YORK — Only 45 feet separated Andy Pettitte from Aaron Judge — standard distance during batting practice — but that didn’t stop the two Yankees legends from playing a make-believe game of one-on-one. “I want you to spin it,” Judge told Pettitte one day last summer. Twenty years ago, that request from a right-handed hitter would’ve been like signing his death warrant. Pettitte threw a predatory cut fastball that would tunnel into a right-hander’s hands. He used that cutter to become a 256-game winner — in addition to winning an MLB-record 19 games in the postseason.

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Boone allows the Yankees to police their own sessions. Feeling invincible mattered more. “I can only imagine what a Darryl show looked like,” said Judge, who hit 62 home runs in 2022 to break Roger Maris’ American League single-season record but takes a different approach to BP. “It’s batting practice, not home run practice,” said Judge, who’s currently on the injured list with a calf strain. “To me, it’s about accuracy.

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