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    Aaron Judge won’t reveal if he has Yankees trade deadline input

    By Mark W. Sanchez,

    3 hours ago

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    Aaron Judge’s influence is nearly as great as his bat.

    The $360 million man owns the Yankees’ clubhouse in The Bronx and literally played a part in constructing their clubhouse at the spring facility in Tampa, where he advised Hal Steinbrenner on renovations.

    Judge has had a say in everything from jersey selection to the club’s use of analytical data.

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    Yankees Captain Aaron Judge hosts his baseball pro camp for kids courtesy of his ALL RISE Foundation’s Baseball ProCamp at Fordham University on Jul. 23, 2024. Michelle Farsi/New York Post

    Does he have a vote in the Yankees’ trade-deadline moves, too?

    “We’ll keep that in-house,” Judge said Tuesday at Fordham’s Jack Coffey Field, where his All Rise Foundation held a baseball camp with kids in grades 1-8 on the fundamentals of the game.

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    Judge did not want to divulge whether he has lobbied or will lobby for specific players.

    The Yankees have several needs, from the bullpen to a third baseman to possibly an outfielder, and it is possible Judge, who does an awful lot for the Yankees, will play scout and general manager, too.

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    Yankees Captain Aaron Judge hosts his baseball pro camp for kids courtesy of his ALL RISE Foundation’s Baseball ProCamp at Fordham University on Jul. 23, 2024. Michelle Farsi/New York Post

    He said he has a “great relationship” with both GM Brian Cashman and Steinbrenner, whose phones will be busy July 30.

    “They’ve signed me here to be here for a long time,” Judge said before his Yankees opened the Subway Series in The Bronx. “And I think all three of us, if you ask all of us, we want to win.

    “So I think all of us kind of working together to give our thoughts will make things better.”

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    Yankees Captain Aaron Judge hosts his baseball pro camp for kids courtesy of his ALL RISE Foundation’s Baseball ProCamp at Fordham University on Jul. 23, 2024. Michelle Farsi/New York Post
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    Yankees Captain Aaron Judge hosts his baseball pro camp for kids courtesy of his ALL RISE Foundation’s Baseball ProCamp at Fordham University on Jul. 23., 2024. Michelle Farsi/New York Post

    Like every Yankees fan, Judge wants his club to get better.

    The Yankees have gone all-in this year in trading for Juan Soto, who will hit the open market at season’s end.

    They will feel pressure to fully capitalize on a window that is right now open.

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    To keep that window open, the club will need to plug some holes — including adding to an offense that has just two reliably consistent weapons, and bolstering a bullpen that has suffered too many injuries.

    “I think if you ask any team, any player, if there’s a way to improve, a way to get better, anybody would sign up for that,” said Judge, who worked with about 200 children at the three-hour camp. “I don’t know what that means or what that’s going to look like. But whatever happens, I think everybody in that room is going to be prepared and ready to go.”

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    Yankees Captain Aaron Judge together with his mother Patty speaks to media as they host his baseball pro camp for kids courtesy of his ALL RISE Foundation’s Baseball ProCamp at Fordham University. Michelle Farsi/New York Post
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    Yankees Captain Aaron Judge together with his mother Patty speaks to media as they host his baseball pro camp for kids courtesy of his ALL RISE Foundation’s Baseball ProCamp at Fordham University. Michelle Farsi/New York Post

    Through a stretch in which the Yankees have lost 20 of 30 and entered play 1 ¹/₂ games back of the Orioles in the AL East, Judge reiterated what has become a common refrain around the club: The bad times can lead to good times.

    “You gotta go through some hard times,” he said. “You gotta go through a couple of roadblocks, injuries, setbacks — any good team you look at over the past 10, 15 years, I guess in any sport, it’s not an easy road to the top.

    “You got to go through some tough times to kind of see what you’re made of. And once you get through those tough times, it’s only going to help you down the road.”

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