Aaron Judge was still in full uniform as he held his end-of-season address.
The Yankees ’ captain was about an hour removed from the most productive postseason of his 10-year career, but it wasn’t enough to avoid being eliminated by the Toronto Blue Jays in four games in the ALDS.
“I want to get back out there right now,” Judge, 33, said from the center of the Yankees’ clubhouse. “I wish spring training was in a couple weeks and we were going to get things rolling.”
Wednesday night’s 5-2 loss in Game 4 brought a sudden end to another all-time season by Judge, who won his first batting title with a .331 average; hit 53 home runs with 114 RBI; and led the majors in on-base percentage (.457), slugging percentage (.688) and OPS (1.144).
He carried that jaw-dropping production into t