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Judge instead hit 18 of his 27 homers on the road, and since he missed time prior to the All-Star break, most of his power production came in the second half. How do you follow up a historic rookie season like the one Judge put together? After posting 8.8 fWAR in 2017, the outfielder followed it up with a 5.3-fWAR performance despite appearing in just 112 games. His home-run pace took a bit of a dive, as his ISO went from .343 to .249, but hey, keeping a 50-homer-per-year pace is hard. With the rookie home run record in his sights, though, he turned it on and finished with a flourish in September. His 1.352 OPS, 15 homers, seven doubles, and 32 RBI were the best of any month.
Any Yankee fan worth their salt remembers how hideous those months actually were, outside of Judge’s production. The Yanks nearly face-planted out of the postseason as August continued, succumbing to seemingly every starting staff in the league. If the balls were as juiced as the research described, it didn’t seem to aid in their pursuit of victory very often.
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Coming in his 371st game, it made him the third-fastest MLB player to hit 100 home runs. With plenty of attention back home in Japan, the 16th matchup between Japanese starting pitchers in the majors ended up being one-sided. Tanaka didn’t give up a hit until Kyle Seager’s double leading off the fifth inning.
The Yankees don’t appear to have been given these balls all year long. Judge said he’d like to have the ball but he understands if the fan keeps or sells it. Some observers think the ball is now worth millions of dollars. The fan toldCNN affiliate WFAAhe hadn’t yet thought about what he’d do with the ball. McGwire, Sosa, and Bonds all profited from facing a league pool of pitching that was still compromised by dual rounds of expansion in 1993 and 1998. Some of course will point to the use of PEDs during that era as having boosted home run totals, but that's harder to quantify than the effects of double expansion.
Judge hits 1st '19 HR ... then smashes another
At this pace, if Judge plays every game until the end of the season, he’ll have played in 105 games and should hit around 20 home runs, which is significantly down. The problem was that he once again couldn’t stay on the field at the same rate as 2017. Judge appeared in just 102 games, accumulating 447 plate appearances. That’s certainly the case when discussing his 2017 and 2022 campaigns in particular. Judge has made his mark in Yankees history by having his name on the single-season and career home run leaderboards.
It’s also a sign that there might be a power onslaught on the come. Conversely, in seasons past, according toFanGraphs’ spray charts, Judge was extremely good at spraying bombs over walls across the field. On Wednesday, however, in the series opener against the Oakland Athletics Aaron Judge did something he hasn’t done all season… he pulled a home run. His monthly homer production went on a roller coaster ride, and he finished at the top.
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August 2, 2016 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders activated RF Aaron Judge from the 7-day disabled list. September 14, 2016 New York Yankees placed RF Aaron Judge on the 15-day disabled list. October 3, 2016 New York Yankees activated RF Aaron Judge from the 15-day disabled list. July 27, 2018 New York Yankees placed RF Aaron Judge on the 10-day disabled list.
He finished with 27 strikeouts in the entire postseason, a major league record . On June 10, Judge hit a home run that had an exit velocity of 121.1 miles per hour (194.9 km/h), again setting a new record for the hardest measured by Statcast. The following day, Judge went 4-for-4 with two home runs; one of the home runs traveled 495 feet , making it the longest home run hit in the 2017 season. His week ended with him leading the AL in all three Triple Crown categories. Judge was named the AL Player of the Month for the month of June, batting .337 with 10 home runs, 25 RBIs and a .481 OBP.
What’s more, even though Judge is barrelling the ball better than he ever has and his weak contact currently at a career-low, his batted ball profile is hard to make sense of. According toStatCast, Judge his hitting the ball straight and pulling less than he ever has before. This season, New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge has experienced a bit of a power outage. After setting the home run record for a rookie in 2017 with 52 dingers, he followed that up in 2018 with 27 home runs in 112 games. In a season where baseballs are purportedly being juiced, hitters like New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge have seen a decline in power. This was the season those above similarities stopped for the time being.
The Yankees named Judge their Opening Day right fielder against the Tampa Bay Rays. He had his first multi-home run game on April 28 against the Baltimore Orioles to help the Yankees win 14–11, coming back from a 9–1 deficit. One of the home runs had a measured exit velocity of 119.4 miles per hour (192.2 km/h), the fastest exit velocity for a home run measured by Statcast since it was adopted in 2015.
He had a .333 batting average , .428 on-base percentage (OBP; 3rd), .530 slugging percentage (SLG; 6th), a .958 OPS and hit nine home runs with 45 RBIs in 65 games for Charleston. The Yankees promoted him to the Tampa Yankees of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League during the season, where he hit .283 with a .411 OBP , .442 SLG, eight home runs, and 33 RBIs in 66 games for Tampa. It was not the most crisp night all around for the Yanks, as Happ lasted 4 1/3 innings and Gleyber Torres was doubled off in the fourth for not touching second base while retreating to first on a flyout. But Frazier’s big swing pasted over those shortcomings, taking advantage after Castro issued a two-out walk to Torres and DJ LeMahieu lashed a single to right field. New York trailed in the eighth until Frazier sent a Miguel Castro slider into the left-field seats, marking the outfielder’s first homer since July 28, 2017. A fan leapt out of the stands in an effort to catch Aaron Judge s historic home run ball on Tuesday.
Due to his large size and strength, he has elicited comparisons to teammate Giancarlo Stanton, Richie Sexson, Dave Winfield, and Willie Stargell. First rookie in MLB history with at least 45 home runs, 100 RBIs and 100 runs scored. The Yankees drafted Judge in the first round of the 2013 MLB draft with the 32nd overall selection, a pick the team received as compensation after losing Nick Swisher in free agency. Judge signed with the Yankees and received a $1.8 million signing bonus. He tore a quadriceps femoris muscle while participating in a base running drill, which kept him out of the 2013 season.
"I just tried to get something out over the plate," Judge said.
On July 30, Judge became the second-fastest player in history to hit his 200th career home run , launching a two-run shot off of Jon Heasley of the Kansas City Royals. In 2021, Judge had the highest average exit velocity of all major league batters, at 95.8 mph. On August 12, in the Field of Dreams game in Iowa, Judge hit two multiple-run home runs. He also hit two home runs in on the 9/11 Memorial 20th anniversary game on September 11 against the New York Mets with his 31st and 32nd home runs. This ranks him 2nd in MLB history with the fewest games to 150 home runs . On August 27, Judge hit his 17th home run of the season and 100th home run of his career, a 462-foot blast against the Seattle Mariners.
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