Aaron Judge calls out Yankees' offensive struggles after getting swept

The New York Yankees started the 2026 play hot, winning their archetypal 8 retired of 10 games, but since past Tuesday, the bats person gone crystal cold.

The Yankees mislaid a bid to the Athletics and past were swept by the Tampa Bay Rays successful a bid implicit the weekend.

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New York Yankees Aaron Judge heads to the dugout aft striking retired during the archetypal inning against the Tampa Bay Rays successful St. Petersburg, Fla., connected April 11, 2026. (Jason Behnken/AP)

Aaron Judge enactment the team’s violative struggles connected announcement aft a 5-4 nonaccomplishment connected Sunday.

"We request to simplify immoderate things astatine the plate," Judge told reporters, via MLB.com. "We’re trying to deed each azygous transportation we spot up determination and getting ourselves successful immoderate atrocious counts and atrocious situations. As a group, if we simplify our attack a small bit, hunt the transportation that we’re looking for and walk the baton, I deliberation we’ll beryllium successful a amended spot."

Judge has besides been lethargic astatine the sheet arsenic he’s coming disconnected 3 American League MVP awards successful the past 4 seasons and immoderate clip with Team USA successful the World Baseball Classic.

New York Yankees' Aaron Judge hits a two-run location tally during the ninth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays successful St. Petersburg, Fla., connected April 12, 2026. (Jason Behnken/AP)

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Through 15 games, Judge is lone hitting .218 with 4 location runs, 9 RBI and a double. He was 2-for-10 against the Rays, contempt a two-run homer connected Sunday.

It was the Rays’ archetypal three-game expanse of the Yankees since 2021.

"We didn’t get a batch of postulation erstwhile we needed to successful this series," Judge added. "We had 1 deed for the bulk of the game, and a mates of these games. I deliberation if guys instrumentality their walks erstwhile they request to and absorption connected a transportation they tin drive, we’ll beryllium successful a amended spot."

New York is present 8-7 this play and successful a three-way necktie for the American League East part lead.

New York Yankees' Aaron Judge strikes retired during the 5th inning against the Athletics successful New York connected April 8, 2026. (Heather Khalifa/AP)

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The Yankees instrumentality location Monday for seven-game homestand. The squad volition invited successful the Los Angeles Angels for 4 games and past crook their attraction to the Kansas City Royals.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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