Yankees Announce Aaron Judge News After ALDS Loss to Blue Jays

Judge had another historic year at the plate with the Yankees. He earned the first batting title of his 10-year career, leading all of MLB in batting average. Judge is once again a frontrunner to capture AL MVP, which would be the third time in the last four seasons.

However, on Thursday, Judge received a different kind of recognition. Louisville Slugger announced the American League outfield finalists for the Silver Slugger Award, with Judge earning a nomination alongside teammates Ben Rice, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Cody Bellinger. The team celebrated the announcement on X, congratulating all their players selected as finalists. “Congratulations to our 2025 Silver Slugger Award finalists: Ben Rice, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Aaron Judge, and Cody Bellinger ,” the team wrote.

If Judge takes home the award, it would mark the fifth time he has won it. He claimed the award in 2017, 2021, 2022 and 2024. The AL winners will be announced on Friday, Nov. 7, at 6 p.m. ET, on The Baseball Insiders stream on YouTube, according to MLB.com.

Judge’s trophy case has continued to fill up as he remains on pace for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Judge burst onto the scene in 2017, finishing runner-up in AL MVP voting and unanimously winning AL Rookie of the Year. Since then, he has been selected to seven All-Star teams and has won the Roberto Clemente Award for his efforts off the field. In 2026, he will enter the fourth year of his nine-year, $360 million contract signed ahead of the 2023 season. Judge’s final achievement to add is a World Series ring, and he will get another chance in 2026.