As a 25-Year-Old MLB Rookie, Aaron Judge Owed His Nomadic Life in New York City to an Uncharacteristic Reason

Published 10/18/2022, 12:31 PM EDT

The four times all-star player and the potential MVP Aaron Judge has had a tremendous regular season this year. All Rise broke the record of the legendary Roger Maris of AL’s most home runs in a single season. The outfielder made his debut in Major League Baseball in 2016 and became Rookie of the year in 2017.

Not only this, but the star also hit 50 homers for the first time in his rookie year by breaking Mark McGwire’s record. Later, that record got broken by Mets’ Pete Alonso. One thing that has remained unchanged in the five years of his career is that he never gets over in his head. Also, there is another thing that keeps him motivated through his games, and that is the mantra written somewhere in Yankee Stadium, ‘Just do your job.’ He sticks by it.

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Aaron Judge did not get overconfident!

When Judge made his debut in MLB, for almost a year, the man did not buy any place to live in. Either he lived in a fellow player’s house or in hotels. All he wanted to do was to just blend in and do his job.

When in an interview, he got asked the reason behind not looking for an apartment, he gave an unexpected answer. “I don’t want to put all my cards that I’m going to be in New York and then I go to Triple-A,” Judge said.

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Then he added, “Maybe next year if everything goes well.” From the looks of it, it did go well for him. Taking into consideration that the outfielder finally rented a penthouse almost at the end of his rookie season.

Judge’s first visit to New York City was on the day he got drafted. The second visit came on the day when he got called up. It’s now five years later, and the star has not looked back. He is one of the top contenders to become AL MVP this year but missed out on winning the Triple Crown. But there’s always next year. One major thing is also going to happen as this season ends, and that is Judge becoming a free agent.

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Watch this story: Top 5 most electrifying home runs by New York Yankees star Aaron Judge

The question remains, where will he go? What do you think?

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Written by:

Rakshita Madan is an MLB author at EssentiallySports. She is an engineering graduate and is currently pursuing her MBA from NMIMS, Mumbai. Rakshita has experience in writing for more than four years now, with one of her writings even getting published in an anthology.

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Rupak Kumar Jha

As a 25-Year-Old MLB Rookie, Aaron Judge Owed His Nomadic Life in New York City to an Uncharacteristic Reason

Aaron Judge did not get overconfident!

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