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“#Aaron Judge’s Yankees greatness is being tested now<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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There will be nights like this one, when the Yankees\u2019 bullpen implodes.<\/p>\n

There will be nights like this one, when Giancarlo Stanton hits the ball deep to right, just not deep enough, and on a rope to left, but into the glove of Kyle Schwarber.<\/p>\n

There will be nights when perhaps a pair of opposite-field home runs from DJ LeMahieu will be enough, especially if Gerrit Cole is on the mound.<\/p>\n

But there will be nights when Jonathan Loaisiga, torched Friday by a three-run Josh Harrison homer, will keep a tie game<\/a> tied in the eighth and the Yankees won\u2019t commit three errors in the inning and Aaron Boone won\u2019t have to ask and need Aaron Judge to win it for him.<\/p>\n

But on this night, it is time to ask: What\u2019s wrong with Aaron Judge?<\/p>\n

He is now the throes of a 1-for-20 slump with 12 Ks, and if he is letting his hitting affect his fielding, then his failing to backhand a Yadiel Hernandez single leading off the fateful eighth would be a cause for concern. No one thinks it is, but only Judge and his seven homers knows for sure.<\/p>\n

On the night when Stanton\u2019s 12-game hitting streak came to an end, Judge capp<\/a>ed an 0-for-4 by waving futilely at a Tanner Rainey slider, and the Yankees\u2019 11-4 loss to the Nationals left them at 16-16.<\/p>\n

Judge, back from missing those two games with lower-body soreness, looks every bit as lost at the plate as Francisco Lindor has been on the other side of town. Lindor homered on Friday night, and he is certain to break out. You have to believe Judge will, too.<\/p>\n

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Aaron Judge can\u2019t field a ball during the Yankees\u2019 loss to the Nationals on Friday.<\/figcaption>
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He has a history of streaky hitting, and Stanton will need a streaking partner this spring and summer, especially if the rotation starts to falter and the bullpen stops seamlessly passing the baton to Aroldis Chapman.<\/p>\n

Gleyber Torres is still looking for his first home run, Clint Frazier and Aaron Hicks are scuffling, and Gary Sanchez is desperately attempting to slug his way past Kyle Higashioka behind the plate. That leaves the Yankees with little or no margin for errors, certainly.<\/p>\n

Boone won\u2019t soon stop channeling his inner Joe Torre when it comes to having his players\u2019 backs, especially his star player and The Straw Who Stirs The Drink.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not too worried about [Judge],\u201d Boone said. \u201cGreatness has a way of figuring it out, and you know along the way you\u2019ll have a couple of bumps here and there on a couple of games.\u201d<\/p>\n

The proverbial glass half-full, ladies and gentlemen.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like he\u2019s getting some good swings off and getting some pitches within the at-bat,\u201d Boone said. \u201cHouston pitched him tough, and when you get your pitch and you foul it off or whatever, that\u2019s when you get yourself in a little bit of trouble, get yourself in a hole.\u201d<\/p>\n