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Bellinger exchanged messages with Pete Crow-Armstrong and other former Cubs teammates after accomplishing a career first.
Luis Gil is set to make the biggest step in his comeback from the strained lat that’s sidelined him since spring training.
Judge has been pretty great as well. With a 3-for-4 performance on Saturday, the All-Star and reigning MVP is leading the league with a .358 average and a 1.204 OPS. He also has 81 RBI. His 35 home runs, meanwhile, are second in baseball – Seattle’s Cal Raleigh has 38 – and the most ever by a Yankee prior to the All-Star break.
Cody Bellinger downplayed whether his remarkable standout performance was a revenge game or felt sweeter coming against his old team.
The New York Yankees' superstar hit his 350th career homer on Saturday. No one has ever reached 350 as fast as Judge. In fact, it hasn't been close. MLB Network's Sarah Langs shared that Judge has reached 350 home runs in 192 fewer games than anyone else ever has.
The Yankees left-hander pulled out of the Midsummer Classic on Friday — and was replaced by teammate Carlos Rodón — due to him starting Saturday’s game against the Cubs, which would have had him pitching on two days of rest in the All-Star Game on Tuesday.
The New York Yankees ace has been replaced by a teammate on the All-Star Game roster, raising injury concerns.
For the first time since the current Yankee Stadium opened in 2009, Paul Olden won’t be behind the microphone this weekend. The Yankees announced that Olden will miss the team’s three-game series against the Cubs (July 11–13) due to a scheduled personal obligation.