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]."

As it turns out, maybe New York Yankees star Jazz Chisholm Jr. is better off at third base after all—and that could pose a slight change of plan for Aaron Judge's latest title chase. Chisholm opened the season as the Yankees' second baseman and hit the IL in early May batting .

His answer again was a hard "no," just as it has been every year since 2018, the year after Aaron Judge won the event his rookie year in 2017 in Miami. "Nope," Judge told Newsday with a smile. "Same answer.