Aaron Boone: Yankees 'unconcerned' about criticism from Aaron Judge's hitting coach

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he was unconcerned about criticism from Aaron Judge's personal hitting coach.

Richard Schenck posted Thursday on X: "They've lost 13 out of 18 while he's hitting like an MVP. The Yankees offensive player development is terrible."

Judge is currently hitting .313 with 32 home runs and 83 RBIs so far this 2024 regular season entering Friday's game against the Boston Red Sox.

The Yankees are currently 54-35 and are sitting third overall in the American League. 

"People are going to say things and certainly everyone's entitled their opinion," Boone said Friday, "and especially when you go through a tough stretch and you wear this uniform, I know people are going to take shots and things like that, so you can't get all consumed with all that stuff. We got enough to worry about making sure we're buttoned up and putting our best foot forward every day."

Judge had minimal response on Friday.

"I honestly really don't care what's said on Twitter," he said, adding: "It doesn't involve me, to be honest. It's somebody else making a comment."

New York entered the night with a .248 team batting average, 10th among the 30 MLB teams, but 27th since June 3 at .221 (139 for 629), ahead of only Detroit, Kansas City and Seattle.

Anthony Rizzo has been sidelined since June 16 with a broken forearm and Giancarlo Stanton since June 22 with a strained hamstring.

Boone spoke to Trent Grisham over the center fielder’s failure to hustle in the ninth inning of an 8-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds and said it was "a bad look."

Grisham didn’t charge Jeimer Candelario’s two-out hit Thursday, then bobbled the ball for an error that allowed Candelario to take second. The Yankees went on to get swept by the Reds,