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Yankees: The face of New York turns 28

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Today (4/26), New York Yankees all-star right fielder Aaron Judge celebrates his 28th birthday. Though he’s only been in New York for a few years, Judge has quickly made himself the face of New York.

The start

Judge graduated Linden High School in California in 2010 and was selected in the 31st round of the draft by the hometown Oakland Athletics. He opted to go to college and spent three years at Fresno St. before being drafted in the first round by the Yankees in 2013.

The 6’7 outfielder never played a minor league game until 2014, but it took him just a year and a half to make it to AAA.