Aaron Judge and wife Samantha Bracksieck enjoyed an All-Star date night on Tuesday.
The couple hit the red carpet together at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, before the Yankees captain and his superstar teammate, Juan Soto, helped the American League secure a 5-3 victory over the National League in the 2024 MLB All-Star Game.
Dressed in a gray jacket with a black button-up shirt and black slacks, the 32-year-old Judge smiled next to his wife of two years, who looked chic in a white suit jacket paired with white pants and a matching clutch.
Samantha Bracksieck and Aaron Judge ahead of the 2024 MLB All-Star Game on July 16, 2024.MLB Photos via Getty Images
Aaron Judge and wife Samantha Bracksieck walked the red carpet together.Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
A six-time All-Star, Judge and Soto, 25, were inseparable on the field Tuesday as the former Padres outfielder — who was traded to the Yankees in December 2023 — made his first start in the annual contest.
“It’s once in a [life]time that you get the chance to go [to the All-Star Game] for a first time with one of the best players in the league,” Soto said.
Judge and Soto had themselves a time Tuesday amid a recent slump engulfing the Yankees, who went 8-18 in the last month before the break.
The Yankees’ captain (r.) chatted with his teammate, Juan Soto, during the game.AP
Aaron Judge bats in the first inning of the MLB All-Star Game on July 16, 2024.Getty Images
The Yankees are two games behind the AL East-leading Orioles at 58-40.
As the Yankees prepare for a critical second half, Bracksieck — Judge’s high school sweetheart — will surely be cheering them on as the team pursues its first World Series title since 2009.
Bracksieck has long been part of Judge’s Yankees journey and even helped get the negotiations rolling before the 2022 AL MVP agreed to a nine-year, $360 million deal with the team in December 2022.
“I was in California. Sam and I were headed to Hawaii to celebrate our [wedding] anniversary. We had a flight at 8 a.m., so 2 o’clock in the morning, 3 o’clock, we’re just staying up … we’re going back and forth about different offers from different teams. What do you want to do? And I’m telling her, ‘I want to stay in New York. I don’t want to go anywhere else,’” Judge recalled on the “Casa De Klub” podcast earlier this month.
Aaron Judge agreed to a nine-year, $360 million deal with the Yankees in December 2022.Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
Samantha Bracksieck and Aaron Judge wed in December 2021.Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
“The conversations with New York really weren’t going anywhere. She was like, ‘Call [team owner] Hal [Steinbrenner], just call him up. Tell him how you’re feeling. Tell him what you think.’”
Judge took Bracksieck’s advice and “shot [Steinbrenner] a message,” with Steinbrenner then instructing him to give him a call.
“So we call him and I’m just kind of laying it out there, like, ‘Hey, I don’t want to go anywhere. This is where I want to be if you can just add one more year to the deal. I’m set. I’m not looking for anything more, I just want one more year. I want to play this game for a long time,” Judge said.
Judge’s Yankees re-signing took place around his first wedding anniversary to Bracksieck.
The couple tied the knot in Hawaii in December 2021.
