That was neither a bird nor a plane sailing over the right-field wall Friday night. It was Aaron Judge’s first home run in a week.

In response to the slump, Yankees captain Aaron Judge spoke candidly about the team’s poor form: “ That’s baseball. We know what we’re committed to... You can’t give up, you can’t have regrets. Just show up the next day and be ready to play,” Judge said.

Yankees Trade Pitch Partners Aaron Judge With $141 Million Infielder originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The MLB trade deadline is a time when the rich—a team like the New York Yankees, for example—get richer, typically by feasting on small-market teams that are pivoting to next season.