Is Aaron Judge the Next Yankees Captain?

Cashman said he only declared post-Jeter that there was no more need for a Yankees captain because Jeter, a shortstop inducted into the Hall of Fame last year, set the bar so high and did it as well as anyone ever could.

“I felt it was appropriate to state that I’m not sure if we ever need one again,” Cashman said. “But that doesn’t mean if someone else is worthy that emerges and, clearly in Aaron Judge’s case, he is spectacular.”

He added, “Just like when we retire numbers, that comes from ownership.” And if Steinbrenner wants to honor Judge, Cashman said, “I support that decision 110 percent.”

Jeter was named as the Yankees’ 15th captain by George Steinbrenner in June 2003.

“He represents all that is good about a leader,” Steinbrenner, who died in 2010, said then. “I’m a great believer in history, and I look at all the other leaders down through Yankee history, and Jeter is right there with them.”

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/07/sports/baseball/aaron-judge-captain-yankees.html