Once again, New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge will skip the Home Run Derby this year, he told reporters Thursday. Judge won the Home Run Derby in 2017, his rookie year, and has not participated in it since.

Sure, Judge has already scaled dizzying heights as a hitter for the most storied franchise in baseball history. He holds the Yankees' single-season home run record and has won the American League MVP award twice in the last three seasons.

His answer again was a hard "no," just as it has been every year since 2018, the year after Aaron Judge won the event his rookie year in 2017 in Miami. "Nope," Judge told Newsday with a smile. "Same answer.