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

Yankees manager Aaron Boone told WFAN on Tuesday morning that he’s skeptical that Judge, who recently had an IL stint with an elbow injury, will return to “throwing like he normally does” this season. Judge has exclusively DH’d since being activated off the IL earlier this month.

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.

The New York Yankees outfield has looked different with Aaron Judge unable to throw yet. They could call up a new potential replacement.