Aaron Judge's frustration with Yankees is understandable, but his 'all-in' criticism misses the mark

I preface this by saying Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone have overstayed their welcome in the Bronx.

But Aaron Judge knows how the average New York Yankees fan operates, and quite frankly, he has played them like a fiddle over the last couple of weeks.

When Boone confirmed that Judge had a "moderate" calf strain, Judge made it a point that night that he was not happy his manager, who has his players’ backs to a fault, had divulged that (obviously true) information.

He made it known that if it were up to him, he’d be on the field in the postseason, arguably putting pressure on the team.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE Then, minutes after the Yankees were swept by the Tampa Bay Rays , he all but threw the front office under the bus.

Judge said he wanted the organization to be "all-in," and when asked if he felt they had been, he said, "it’s tough to say." "I want to trade for everybody, sign everybody every single year, but I know that's not realistic.

They give us a winning team every single year, but that's not good enough here in New York.

We're the Yankees.

You've got to go out there and expect championships and go all-in every year.

I'm excited to see what they do," Judge said.

It goes without saying that the offseason of running back practically the same team, headlined by giving Trent Grisham the $22 million qualifying offer, was not exactly a decision made in a Mensa meeting.

But the Yankees have a payroll of over $308 million.

The three teams remaining in the American League have a combined payroll of $273.4 million.

Are the Rays, Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Guardians "all-in"? Look, guys like Grisham, Ryan McMahon and Jazz Chisholm didn’t work here, whether it was the weight of New York or an organizational philosophy just not meshing.