Overview
- Yankees-focused Talkin’ Yanks first posted the figure on X on Dec. 3, later echoed by sports outlets.
- Bleacher Report reported the released vote totals listed Judge with 11 write-ins and Mets slugger Pete Alonso with three.
- Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral race, defeating Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa, far outpacing any novelty write-ins.
- Similar fan gestures occurred in 2017, when Judge drew 10 mayoral write-ins and Kristaps Porzingis received 11.
- The offseason attention follows Judge’s third AL MVP award and the Yankees’ ALDS exit to the Blue Jays.