<P> Various colleges recruited Judge to play tight end in football, including Notre Dame, Stanford, and UCLA, but he preferred baseball . The Oakland Athletics selected him in the 31st round of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft, but he opted to enroll at California State University, Fresno (Fresno State), to play for the Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Louisville Slugger named him a Freshman All - American . He won the 2012 TD Ameritrade College Home Run Derby . In his junior year, Judge led the Bulldogs in home runs, doubles, and runs batted in (RBIs). Judge was named to the all - conference team in all three of his seasons for the Bulldogs--in the WAC in his first two seasons, and the Mountain West Conference (MW) as a junior (the Bulldogs joined the MW in July 2012, between his sophomore and junior seasons). </P> <P> The Yankees drafted Judge in the first round of the 2013 Major League Baseball draft with the 32nd overall selection, a pick the team received as compensation after losing Nick Swisher in free agency . Judge signed with the Yankees, receiving a $1.8 million signing bonus . He tore a quadriceps femoris muscle while participating in a base running drill, which kept him out of the 2013 season . He made his professional debut with the Charleston RiverDogs of the Class A South Atlantic League in 2014 . He had a . 333 batting average, . 428 on - base percentage (OBP), . 530 slugging percentage (SLG), and hit nine home runs with 45 RBIs in 65 games for Charleston . The Yankees promoted him to the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League during the season, where he hit . 283 with a . 411 OBP, . 442 SLG, eight home runs, and 33 RBIs in 66 games for Tampa . </P> <P> The Yankees invited Judge to spring training as a non-roster player in 2015 . Judge began the 2015 season with the Trenton Thunder of the Class AA Eastern League . After Judge batted . 284 with a . 350 OBP and 12 home runs in 63 games for Trenton, the Yankees promoted Judge to the Scranton / Wilkes - Barre RailRiders of the Class AAA International League in June . He was chosen to represent the Yankees at the 2015 All - Star Futures Game . The Yankees decided not to include Judge in their September call - ups . Judge batted . 224 with eight home runs in 61 games for Scranton / Wilkes - Barre . The Yankees invited Judge to spring training in 2016, and he began the season with Scranton / Wilkes - Barre . Judge was named to the International League All - Star Team in 2016, but did not play in the 2016 Triple - A All - Star Game after he spent on a month of the disabled list due to a knee sprain . In 93 games for the RailRiders, Judge had a . 270 batting average, 19 home runs, and 65 RBIs . </P> <P> Judge made his MLB debut on August 13, 2016, starting in right field against the Tampa Bay Rays . In his first at - bat, Judge hit a home run off Matt Andriese; the previous batter, Tyler Austin, also making his MLB debut, had done the same . This marked the first time that two teammates had hit home runs in their first career at bats in the same game . Judge also hit a home run in his second MLB game, becoming the second Yankees player to do so, after Joe Lefebvre in 1980 . Judge's debut season, in which he batted . 179 and struck out 42 times in 84 at - bats (95 plate appearances), ended prematurely when he was placed on the 15 - day disabled list with a grade 2 right oblique strain on September 13, 2016 against the Los Angeles Dodgers . </P>

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