In late April, the New York Yankees were rolling with a 14-7 record, but Aaron Judge was mired in one of the biggest slumps of his career. On April 20, the 2022 American League MVP went 0 for 4 in a 2-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays, with Judge striking out four times. That was just one shy of his career-high of five strikeouts, and the game dropped Judge’s batting average to .179.
With Judge being the third-highest-paid player in Major League Baseball with a $40 million salary, the Yankees fans got on him in a big way, showering him with boos after the fourth strikeout. After the game, Judge was asked about the boos from the Yankees’ faithful and said, “I’ve heard worse, and I'd probably be doing the same thing in this situation.”
