
Aaron Judge appears to take dig at Jose Altuve during home-run trot
NY Post
HOUSTON — Aaron Judge gave the Yankees a 1-0 lead over the Astros on Saturday night at Minute Maid Park with a home run to left with two out in the third.
As Judge approached third base, he tugged at the front of his jersey — an apparent dig at Jose Altuve, who famously grabbed his jersey frantically after his walkoff homer in Game 6 of the ALCS in 2019, when many believe Altuve was wearing a buzzer. An MLB investigation showed no evidence that was the case. This is the Yankees’ first visit to Minute Maid Park since that playoff loss. The following offseason, news of Houston’s sign-stealing scheme from 2017 — when the Astros also sent the Yankees home in the playoffs- became public.
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Wednesday was another positive day at Yankees camp. For the first time since March 6, 2025 — an outing in which he knew “something wasn’t right,” which began a weeks-long saga that ended on the operating table for Tommy John surgery — Gerrit Cole was back on a mound and facing hitters in game action.










