Aaron Judge Is a Dad! New York Yankees Player Welcomes First Baby with Wife Samantha: 'What an Incredible Week'

Mar. 15, 2025

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Aaron Judge’steam has gotten a little bigger.

“1/27/25 Nora Rose Judge 🌸,” the athlete wrote in his caption. “What an incredible week it’s been, can’t wait for the memories the three of us make.”

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Aaron Judge’s newborn daughter.Aaron Judge/Instagram

Aaron Judge/Instagram

Judge and Bracksieck were married in a private ceremony in Maui, Hawaii, on Dec. 13, 2021, according toThe Daily Mail.

Aaron Judge and Samantha Bracksieck.Leon Bennett/Getty

The high school sweethearts met whileattending Linden High Schoolin California. They then both studied at Fresno State University together.

“My wife has been with me through it all and she’s calm as a cucumber, that’s for sure,” Judge toldThe New York Postin September 2022.

source: people.com