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Yankees manager Aaron Boone shrugs off criticism from Aaron Judge's personal hitting coach

Plenty of people are criticizing the New York Yankees, but the one that might be most concerning for the team is a coach who helps their star player Aaron Judge.

Richard Schenck, a personal hitting coach who counts Judge among his clients, replied to an X post on Thursday with a criticism of New York's offensive player development amid a skid of 13 losses in 17 games.

They’ve lost 13 out of 18 while he’s hitting like an MVP

The Yankees offensive player development is terrible.

— Richard Schenck, JFD PPP LQC TTE ud83dude42 (@Teacherman1986) July 4, 2024

A day later, Yankees manager Aaron Boone responded to Schenk's criticism while speaking with reporters, essentially shrugging off his assessment.