Whether Aaron Judge will wear the Pinstripes next year or not is between the Yankees and Judge himself. And while he is about to enter his free agency, the New York Yankees center fielder gushed about the potential AL MVP for his record-breaking season this year.

There is no denying that Judge had a below-average regular season despite having dominant at-bats in the 2022 regular season. And that might be one of the factors that could affect his regular season. However, the Yankees slugger Harrison Bader was full of praise for his teammate.

Harrison Bader was in awe of watching Aaron Judge playing in the Bronx

Since the New York Yankees are out of the postseason, the Pinstripes slugger sat for an interview with Fox Sports. While discussing his time spent with Judge, Bader said he is just grateful for the same.

“To be around Aaron Judge, what he did, breaking the AL record, I mean, you know; I am just a baseball player from a fan of the game. Just tremendously grateful to be able to play out expectations…,” Harrison Bader said.

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He also discussed how another Yankees player, Anthony Rizzo, would always talk about Judge.

“Well, I was not there in the early days; you know. So I can’t speak of it. [Anthony] Rizzo would always talk about how Judge is doing his thing… I take his word for it that he was in the time that I did not spend with him…,” Bader added.

Bader could not stop praising Judge

If not for the postseason, Aaron Judge had a once-in-a-lifetime season this year. Whenever Judge would come at bat, Yankee Stadium always cheered for their marquee player.

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“Regardless of home runs or not, just kept driving up and seeing that level of poise with everything that was going on behind the scenes, I mean it was incredible…,” Bader said.

Given Aaron Judge is already a leader in the Yankees clubhouse and also has players’ back, do you think the Yankees will extend his stay in the Bronx?