Aaron Judge didn't swing a bat in this postseason, but he had plenty to say once it was over. After the Rays finished off a three-game ALDS sweep at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday night, the Yankees captain called on the front office to "go all-in" this winter.

Watching From the Dugout

Judge stayed in the home dugout and watched Tampa Bay celebrate a 4-3 win, the third straight October the Yankees have been eliminated with another team partying on their field. The Dodgers did it in the 2024 World Series. The Blue Jays did it in last year's ALDS.

"Just hating every single moment of it," Judge said, per ESPN. "Thinking about the whole year, thinking about missed opportunities in the season, in that series. Things that can be improved on, things I can improve on. Just hating every single moment of it so I don't forget."

He never got the chance to help. Judge strained his right calf on Sept. 16, in only his seventh game back from a fractured rib that cost him more than three months, and he couldn't convince the team he was ready to play in either playoff round. The three-time AL MVP finished with just 66 games, a .241 average, 18 homers and an .871 OPS.

"It definitely hurts," he said. "I want to be out there."

We're the Yankees

The drought is now 17 seasons, the second longest in franchise history, and Judge is 34 with 10 full seasons and no ring. He wasn't shy about what he expects next.

"We're the Yankees," Judge said. "I feel like they should go all-in and do what they need to do and if we got holes, it's finding certain players or personnel, whatever we need, we got to go out there and get it."

He said that's why he signed back in New York, and he expects the front office to match his offseason work. Asked whether ownership has gone all-in enough, he was careful. "I want to trade for everybody, sign everybody every single year, but I know that's not realistic," he said. "So I'm excited to see what they do."

The timing is tricky. The collective bargaining agreement runs out Dec. 1, and a lockout looks likely to follow.

Questions for Boone

Aaron Boone just made his eighth playoff trip in nine years as manager, which ties Bob Melvin's MLB record for the most postseason appearances without a World Series title. He has one year left on his deal and said he'd like to come back.

"It's a broken clubhouse," Boone said after the loss.

Jazz Chisholm Jr., a free agent this winter, was benched for Game 3 and kept saying "no comment" when asked about it. He got booed after popping out as a pinch hitter. And Tampa Bay did all this with less than a third of New York's payroll. Judge has made his ask out loud. Now it's on the people above him to answer it.