The MLB All-Star Game red carpet is one of the few opportunities for fans to get a glimpse of their favorite players’ families. And New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge and his wife, Samantha Bracksieck, are no exception.
The couple made a rare appearance together on Tuesday, July 15, before the 2025 edition of the Midsummer Classic with Bracksieck, 31, wearing a white dress and Judge, 33, sporting a white pinstriped suit reminiscent of his Yankees uniform.
Judge and Bracksieck were high school sweethearts at Linden High School in California. Though they drifted apart as teenagers, they both attended Fresno State University and rekindled their relationship in 2019 when Judge was in his third season in the big leagues.
The two married in 2021 at the Montage Kapalua Bay hotel in Lahaina, Hawaii and welcomed daughter Nora in January 2025.
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Judge first announced Samatha’s pregnancy just days before Nora was born when he had to explain why he was absent from a ceremony honoring him with the 2024 American League MVP award.
“I want to start by apologizing for missing the award dinner this evening,” he said in a pre-recorded message. “However, my wife Samantha and I are expecting our first child any day, and could unfortunately not make it.”
Days later, he took to Instagram to announce Nora’s arrival.
“1/27/25 Nora Rose Judge 🌸 What an incredible week it’s been, can’t wait for the memories the three of us make,” Judge wrote beside a photo of Nora’s toes.
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Despite Judge’s status as Yankees captain and the American League Home Run King, Bracksieck has spent most of her husband’s career out of the spotlight. She has, however, showed up to support him in person during big moments.
That includes in September 2022 when he hit his 62nd home run of the season, breaking Roger Maris’ home run record.
Judge famously struggled down the stretch that season as the pressures of the home run chase became the biggest story in sports. After he finally broke the record during the penultimate game of the season, he credited Samantha for helping him keep calm.
“My wife has been with me through it all and she’s calm as a cucumber, that’s for sure,” Judge told the New York Post at the time.
Bracksieck was also by Judge’s side a few months later when he signed a nine-year, $360 million contract with New York and was officially introduced as Yankees captain. And last fall in Cleveland, she was present when the Yankees won their first American League pennant since 2009.
