Aaron Judge ‘upset’ with Jimmy Cordero after domestic violence ban from MLB

Aaron Judge says the New York Yankees team are ‘upset’ with pitcher Jimmy Cordero after MLB banned him for the rest of the season for violating their domestic violence policy.

‘I was pretty upset,’ Judge said according to MLB.Com reporter Bryan Hoch. ‘I know a lot of guys on the team are upset. This is in the league’s hands, and the league handed down the suspension. Hopefully he learns from this and becomes a better person.

‘It’s a sad situation, just thinking about Cordero’s family and wife and kids. It’s a tough situation that you never, never want anybody to go through. There’s so many resources out there that he can use. Hopefully he started reaching out and doing that.’

The precise details of what Cordero did to be banned has not been announced due to the league’s confidentiality rules but Judge said that even doesn’t know what happened. 

‘I talked with Jimmy about it,’ Judge said. ‘There’s still a lot of unknowns. We really don’t know what happened and what the incident is.’ 

MLB has banned Yankees pitcher Cordero, 31, for breaching its domestic violence policy

Cordero is yet to speak out but MLB said that he has accepted his season-long suspension

MLB said the 31-year-old right-hander Cordero accepted the suspension and will miss the season’s final 76 games and the postseason. The Yankees said in a statement they supported MLB’s discipline and ‘there is no justification for domestic violence.’

Cordero was 3-2 with a 3.86 ERA in one start and 30 relief appearances and has a $720,000 salary, the major league minimum. 

A career journeyman, Cordero has been in the systems of a number of teams including the Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Nationals, Seattle Mariners, and Chicago White Sox.

He missed the 2021 season after Tommy John surgery while with the White Sox organization and spent 2022 with the Yankees’ Triple-A team at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Cordero has a career MLB ERA of 4.36.

Cordero is the first Yankee to be suspended under the domestic violence policy since fellow New York pitcher Domingo German was given an 81-game suspension that he served in 2019 and 2020.

In the entire history of major league baseball, 18 players have been suspended for domestic violence.

Cordero is the third member of the New York Yankees to get suspended under this policy, alongside German and Aroldis Chapman.

Yankees continue the season without Cordero against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday

Cordero earns $720,000 for his role as a pitcher for the Yankees – he has one start and 30 relief appearances to his name for the current season 

Chapman was suspended 30 games after an alleged domestic violence incident with his then-girlfriend in Florida. 

No criminal charges were filed due to insufficient evidence – however, the league still suspended him.

Later on Wednesday, the Yankees host the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium.