Aaron Judge did not receive a favorable strike zone in his first at-bat against Red Sox pitcher Brayan Bello on Friday night. Judge, hitting third in the order for the Yankees' second game of a weekend series against Boston, did not swing at any of the four pitches he saw in the at-bat and none of them were in the zone.

Riley Greene joined Aaron Judge in an exclusive club after he blasted a two-run homer in the Tigers' 7-5 win over the Royals on Friday night.

During Friday’s game, with Brayan Bello facing off against Aaron Judge in the bottom of the first inning, home plate umpire Lance Barrett made three consecutive questionable calls, resulting in Bello striking out the Yankees captain.

Ramirez probably won’t make the Hall of Fame, since the Baseball Writers of America have made it their mission to ensure basically no one does. But Ramirez has simply been one of the best players of the 2020s, and was possibly even better before that — he put up 7.6 WAR in 2018.

The Yankees come into play riding a five-game winning streak that included an historic nine-homer performance on Tuesday versus the Tampa Bay Rays. The Red Sox, conversely, have dropped three games in a row and are 3-7 in their last 10 contests.

The tennis great wore a white sleeve on his right arm as he delivered the ceremonial pitch to Yankees catcher Austin Wells.

With Aaron Judge still rehabbing a right flexor strain, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said the superstar’s throwing will likely be compromised for the rest of the 2025 season.