Eight years after Don Mattingly retired, George Steinbrenner handed over the label of captaincy to Derek Jeter, the then-face of the Yankees. Although it is just a coincidence, it has been exactly eight years since Jeter retired from the game and left the captaincy of the Yankees. And now that Judge has also signed the 9-year extension, there are rumors of him being the next Yankees captain.

However, filling Derek Jeter’s shoes won’t be an easy task, even for someone with the potential and caliber of Aaron Judge. In the 20 years Jeter spent in Pinstripes, he constructed a legacy and enormous fanbase. And when recently, the question “whether Judge should become the next Yankees captain?” popped up, multiple New Yorkers and Jeter fans across the world believe that Jeter should’ve been the last Yankees captain.

Will Aaron Judge be able to fill Derek Jeter’s shoes?

Taking to Twitter, when the MLB page introduced a controversial Aaron Judge question, fans weren’t happy. They upload a picture of Aaron Judge and Derek Jeter, standing adjacent to each other, with the caption, “Next Yankee captain?”

The Pinstripes, not electing a captain, have displayed their reluctance behind making decisions of such extreme importance in haste, which explains the long delay.

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Fans weren’t very pleased when legendary Derek Jeter’s captaincy and Aaron Judge’s stint with the Yankees were placed on parallel lines. Moreover, Judge’s performance in the 2022 postseason set him far away from Jeter, who was popular for his knocks in clutch situations. This is how they reacted to Judge as the next Yankees captain:

Notably, after two whole weeks of various free agency rumors, Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees agreed on a nine-year deal worth $360 million.

If not The Judge, then who?

Aaron Judge stands as the face of the New York Yankees, the American League, and the entire Major League to an extent. Giving him the position of captaincy would only be fitting for the New York Yankees, who are yet to fill the captaincy position.

Humorously, fans suggested the names of Anthony Rizzo, Giancarlo Stanton, and Gerrit Cole too.

However, no one can really fill the position better than the 2022 American League MVP award winner at this point, even though multiple fans may think otherwise.

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