Once again, New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge will skip the Home Run Derby this year, he told reporters Thursday. Judge won the Home Run Derby in 2017, his rookie year, and has not participated in it since.

"Nope. Same answer," Judge told Newsday when asked about the Home Run Derby on Thursday . "Only if I'm talking about it here [in New York]."

Judge has said in the past that the only way he'll take his swings in the Home Run Derby again is if the All-Star Game is in New York. That might not happen anytime soon. The Mets hosted the All-Star Game in Citi Field in 2013. The Yankees last hosted the All-Star Game in 2008, the last year of the old Yankee Stadium. MLB All-Star ballot: Picking the early favorites, including Bobby Witt Jr., Pete Crow-Armstrong and more Matt Sn

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