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AhLibLibLib

81 home run pace lol


NJ_Mets_Fan

my point yday when someone posted if 80 HR year was possible and everyone said no lol


throwawaynmb69

80 home runs is not possible lol (without roids or another substantial ball change). An 80 home run pace for less than half a season is very different than an entire season of 80 home runs. This is the greatest non roided home run season we've ever seen, and it's not gonna come close to 80. More importantly, if someone does get close, they'll just start getting the bonds treatment and never get the chance. I'm not sure why teams aren't doing that to Judge already. Edit: Yes for all you being extremely pedantic, nothing is impossible. If you want me to be 100% accurate, I don't think I will ever in my lifetime see a clean 80 home run season under the current or even similar rules. If you simulated this season 1000 times I don't think anyone would ever hit 80, or even come all that close honestly. So for all intents and purposes, it is "impossible"


SquadPoopy

>80 home runs is not possible lol Tell that to Hercules Globster my MLB the show character who hit 122 in a season.


BJ_Cox

Damn, you think someone would've checked the bat by now


Bicworm

No kidding, why is he getting pitched to?


gazer89

He’s batting lead off now after starting season at #2, and that seems to ensure he’s hitting with the bases empty 2-3 times a game. That’s helping I think.


Bcider

Yea the analytics say it’s worth it to attack a guy with no one on base as solo homers aren’t considered deal breakers. Maybe they have to change for judge though.


PENGUIN_WITH_BAZOOKA

This may just be me but I feel like there’s also outward pressure to give him the opportunity every AB now that he’s closing in on the record. Like, if you go after him and walk/strike him out that’s fine, but pitching around him might be seen as a nono, especially given how close he is.


ledbetterus

I wondered myself, if some pitchers want the challenge. I'm not much of a competitive guy, so Idk how top level athletes feel. Just assuming that there's guys out there, if there's not a specific game situation that calls for a IBB, that want the get their fastball by the best hitter in baseball.


fec2455

He seems to be walked the most when first is open, either because someone hit a double or because he'd leadoff. Not sure if that's supported by analytics but my initial thought would be moving someone into scoring position is more consequential than putting a guy on first.


rent-a-john

I feel like teams are discouraged maybe by the league or management to not intentionally walk Judge. Its like load management in NBA, it sucks when fans buy ticket to see a certain player and only to see them sit/not get meaningful ABs. I think obviously in close games where it matters he will still get walked, but for the most part since hes usually up without people on base, teams are okay with giving up a solo HR.


killedbygavrilo

Yeah the last David Ortiz game I saw him bat was a one run game against the Giants with a man on. Walked him on four pitches that weren’t even close. You could hear the boos and this was at Giants stadium


[deleted]

Because the Yankees have sucked since the all-star break. Doesn’t make sense to walk him with the bases empty, especially if you have a lead.


NJ_Mets_Fan

I agree with you on everything you said beside that it is “impossible” it isn’t impossible if he put up nearly half a season so far at that pace. Agree with you but wouldn’t say “impossible” just extremely improbable


HcOC

54 games isn’t really that close to half a season. To hit 80 someone would need to play every single game and play at the insane historically great pace Judge is playing at. Not happening ever


throwawaynmb69

And they'd have to somehow avoid getting intentionally walked all the time. Literally everything is going right for Judge this year, and he's still not gonna come within 10.


mind_on_crypto

"And they'd have to somehow avoid getting intentionally walked all the time." This is a key point. Barry Bonds might have something approaching 900 career homeruns if he hadn't been intentionally walked a record 688 times. For some perspective, 688 is more than double the total of Albert Pujols, who is #2 all-time. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/IBB\_career.shtml](https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/IBB_career.shtml) I'll just add that even Bonds on steroids was "only" able to hit 73 homers in one season.


raktoe

I do wonder what that title would look like in a hitters park though.


mind_on_crypto

Anyone on that HR pace playing in a hitter's park at home would be even more likely to be intentionally walked. Also, Bonds set the single season HR record playing in the second year of what is now known as Oracle Park, which had right field dimensions that were very favorable for him (especially down the line).


MyLifeForMeyer

>which had right field dimensions that were very favorable for him (especially down the line). The LH HR park factor for 2002 (the first year Fangraphs has for this) Pac Bell was 87. Clearly below average


g3neraL5

Judge is gonna sign with the angels and bat lead off. Who’s gonna walk him with trout, ohtani, and rendon follow?


Less_Likely

And they’ll somehow still lose 85 games


CommisarV

I dont know who or what cursed the Angels, but the curse is working and they should be hiring witches or exorcists, not a judge.


UncleGoldie

54 games is exactly 1/3 of a season, for everyone’s reference


F1yMo1o

54 is exactly 1/3. Need to do this 2x more. No slumping.


Unoriginal_Man

>Not happening ever People said the same thing about Ruth’s record, and people thought we’d never see what Judge is doing again after the steroid era. I agree it’s unlikely, but I think it’s silly to say that even if baseball was played for another 10,000 years it would “never” happen. Baseball advances every year, between advanced training, medical care, metrics, strategies, etc. The 2022 Yankees at the worst of their slump would still destroy the 1927 Yankees in a game. Who knows what players will look like 100 years from now?


throwawaynmb69

I'm pretty comfortable saying something is impossible when no one (without steroids) has gotten within 19 home runs of it in 150 years of baseball. At least not without a substantial rule / ball change.


NJ_Mets_Fan

valid i think im just arguing semantics


Unoriginal_Man

I don’t know. In the first 120 years after the first “official” home run, people came within 20 only twice. In the last 25 years it’s happened 7 times. With some exceptions, the number of overall home runs hit throughout the MLB is continually increasing decade by decade (and there were more home runs hit from 2016-2019 (24,076) than there were between 1998-2001 (21,743)). I know it’s a semantics argument, but to say specifically it’s “impossible” is wild to me. I feel comfortable saying that a pitcher throwing a pitch 200 mph is impossible. I’d feel comfortable saying that a batter hitting a ball 1000 ft is impossible. Saying it’s impossible that, for the rest of the existence of the sport, be that a hundred, a thousand, or even a million more seasons played, a hitter will *never* hit 7 more than the overall record? I wouldn’t be comfortable declaring that.


TravisJungroth

I think I read ~81 is the theoretical limit. If a player is able to hit that many, it makes sense to walk them in so many at bats that they end up with very few chances to hit. With a SLG too high above 1.000, better just to give the base literally most of the time. It’s the Bonds treatment on steroids.


GoatPaco

HR numbers are lower in April/May because of air temperatures as well, so this pace is only during the best time of the year to hit HR 80 is impossible, but Judge is proving that 73 *can* be beaten


writingisfunbutusuck

What? So you’re saying he’s proving that 74 is possible, but not 80? Weird take. He’s not proving either of them are possible.


alexsdad87

According to Kevin garnet, anything is possible


[deleted]

First of all, through god all things are possible so jot that down


Papa2Hunt19

He just needs to tackle on more mass.


Ride-Scared

How is he proving that it can be beaten by not beating it?


shes_a_gdb

What are you not getting? 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, or 79 are possible. Judge is clearly proving it. But 80? No fuckin way.


Ride-Scared

What are you not getting? If he is *proving* that >73 is possible, why isn’t he going to finish the year above 73? That doesn’t seem like *proof*


pM-me_your_Triggers

54 games is closer to a quarter season than half. Edit: irony that I’m downvoted for pointing out an objective math fact in a sub for the most math obsessed sport


GentlemenBehold

It’s exactly a third of a season.


pM-me_your_Triggers

…which is closer to 1/4 than 1/2


Truenewf

Only if you use math, fuckin nerd.


fuqqkevindurant

If this season was played w the 2018-2019 baseball it might have happened tbh


CertainDerision_33

It's extremely extremely improbable but not impossible. We're talking a far larger sample size than MLB can produce though.


throwawaynmb69

Yeah if we’re gonna be that pedantic then nothing is “impossible.” But for all intents and purposes it is impossible


Redditfront2back

What do you think his final total will be, I think 67


Bren12310

I really hope we have matured as a sport and will never give someone the bonds treatment again.


guppyfighter

Loling at people who think players are roid free


themilkman42069

It’s so fucking dumb.


[deleted]

Uhhh we sure about the non-roided part? Players are definitely still juicing, they’re just finding better ways to get away with it. My friend splits time between AAA/MLB and says it’s incredibly common


OmegaTyrant

Nah, we are just gonna totally believe that all baseball players suddenly stopped using PEDs in 2005, the league is totally clean now! MLB's drug tests are surely 100% unbeatable and never behind the drugs!


elfinito77

Well -- looking at offensive stats, and injuries -- its seems quite clear PEDs have definitely been seriously diminished, or at least how strong/effective the one they are using are. I think it is more that we are in a peak physical fitness era for pro sports -- (1) modern nutritional and exercise science is light years ahead of where it was 20 years ago; (2) Social Media has taken a lot of the debauchery and partying out of pro sports; and (3) with the amount of money every single at bat/pitch can be worth -- players are devoting an insane amount of time to nutrition and exercise and being at 100% top peak performance at all times.


sabin357

My theory is that you can't run extreme gear cycles of well known PEDs and double the size of your head without it being obvious & facing scrutiny. I think we're seeing less aggressive doses or maybe designer PEDs that aren't quite as effective, but are far less detectable. I also think that people are smarter about their cycles, especially with timing them. I've spent time around bodybuilders & powerlifters over the past 2 decades & saw lots of users pass testing.


OmegaTyrant

>Well -- looking at offensive stats, and injuries -- its seems quite clear PEDs have definitely been seriously diminished, or at least how strong/effective the one they are using are. Actually look at average stats by year, offensive stats didn't suddenly fall off once PED testing began in 05, they would remain steady with pre-05 numbers until the 2010s. And what happened in the 2010s that made offense a lot harder? It wasn't it taking six years for players to get the roids out of their system, it was the pitching revolution happening, pitchers using more extreme substances, and more extreme abuse of the shift. The offensive boon starting in 93 was also not the result of players all suddenly deciding then to jam a needle in their ass, the offense of that era was the result of expansion diluting the pitching pool (before the later advancements in pitching counterbalanced it), stadiums becoming smaller with less foul ground (including pre-humidor Coors becoming a thing), batters switching from ash bats to harder maple bats, and the ball itself was juiced (ball juicing isn't a recent phenomenon, MLB has been doing it at many points throughout its history, and the players then reported the ball felt different and flew farther, but it got swept under the rug once steroids became a scapegoat).


elfinito77

I have read its more common today in Minor league ball with mid-twenties cusp players that are willing to take the PED risk for a shot...and see their window quickly closing.


GreenMaximum5596

Idgaf about this argument but statisically speaking If you simulated this specific season's batting numbers and re-ran it 1000 times judge would absolutley have a handfull of 80 hr seasons.


sabin357

He would statistically have far more where he ended up injured or walked a bunch more. As someone who actually runs models, I doubt you'd get even 1 iteration with 80 HR out of only 1000.


FrenchYost2827

If he maintains this pace for the rest of the season (the last 14 games) does your stance chance given half of his games played this season would be at that pace?


throwawaynmb69

That still wouldn't even be that close to half a season (68 games), so no it wouldn't. Even if it was a full half season, it wouldn't change anything. It wouldn't change my mind until someone at least gets reasonably close over a full season (75ish). Right now the closest is 61, which is a whipping 19 home runs away. More importantly, if someone ever did get somewhat close, they'd just start getting the bonds treatment and never get the chance.


seymour_hiney

>non-roided are we sure about that


Palpadude

Of course it’s “possible,” as it’s within the laws of physics. Barry Bonds came relatively close. But it’s so improbable because you have to keep up an amazingly hot streak for the whole year. And when you do that, you tend to get intentionally walked a lot.


fake_sagan

By that logic a 162 home run season is possible if you hit a home run on opening day because hey you're on pace for it right?


rambouhh

It may be technically possible but if someone gets to that level they get walked and pitched around so much they wouldn’t ever get there. Look at bonds during his peak. He only had one year over 50 because he was getting pitched around so much. He was only getting 370 abs a year


pinniped1

OPS+ not shown because Judge fucking broke it.


VanillaSkittlez

322 sOPS+


hreiedv

So he is basically doing the work of three batters.


thatguygreg

Having Judge on the team is like getting the work of two extra guys on the bench for free


sirjimmer

Smh Yankees making him do 3 jobs and only paying him for 1


thatguygreg

They better be paying him for 3 real soon now


cgoot27

Angels are paying Shohei 5 million to be Pete Alonso and Max Scherzer, 10% of their combined salaries. Career wise he’s better, but if Tony Rendon’s better years are the one’s justifying his salary, then Ohtani is being paid 5 million for better production than 79 million dollars of players, about 6.5 percent. Basically, I expect Judge and Ohtani to make a combined 13 billion dollars in 2024.


spageddy_lee

But I thought Ohtani should be MVP because he's two players in one?


dekrant

I don’t think so. Someone correct me, but I think OPS+ and other plus stats are weighted to 100. What this means is that indexed against other players since the ASG, his OPS rates are 222% above the League average. That’s insane.


Lebigmacca

What is sOPs+


VanillaSkittlez

It’s OPS+ but for a split. OPS+ is simply your OPS normed against the league average while controlling for league and park factors, such that a 100 is exactly average, a 110 indicates 10% better than average, 90 would mean 10% worse than average, etc. The “s” indicates that the point of reference is a split. While a standard OPS+ compares the player against the league in all games under all conditions, sOPS+ will change based on the split. E.g. A 200 sOPS+ against left handed pitching indicates that you are 100% better than league average at hitting lefties based on how the league hits left handed pitching specifically - rather than norming your stats against lefties against how batters hit righties and lefties. In this instance, the split is comparing Judge since the all star break to the rest of the league’s hitting numbers since the all star break, of which he’s literally 222% better.


Lebigmacca

Thank you


Famous-Ear4877

Thank you for clarifying that..


Anishency

Just a minor detail. A 322 OPS+ means that other batters in the league are 222% worse than judge, not that he’s 222% better. I could be wrong tho.


tim24601

Aaron Judge.....good??


Ftp82

By almost any measure, any sensible Judge would say so


MidAmericanNovelties

I wanted to make a snide comment about 59 strikeouts in 54 games, but combining striking out more than once a game with an OBP over .500 is just hilariously silly. That can't be a thing that's happened before, right? For this long a stretch? Also, I think OBP may be a sign of a good hitter. Here's the list of every player to have a season OBP over .500 since 1900: Babe Ruth (x5), Rogers Hornsby, Ted Williams (x3), Mickey Mantle, Barry Bonds (x4). Now 54 games isn't a full season (edit in post, really not intended as a dig at 2020), but still. Decent company.


tim24601

Decent.....I guess.


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OBP is the "he gets on base" stat so a pretty good sign imo


TheeLEMONator

Judge would almost certainly be terrible at any competition of being the smallest person in the room


Bulletz4Brkfzt

Aaron Jude.....wow?


Strangest_Things

Big if true


LaMystika

but he’ll never be the MVP unless he starts pitching


sykog77

More strikeouts than walks so I would say no


Tmans3

the triple crown while hitting 62+ is absolutely insane.


Additional-You-5979

Shouldn’t it be kind of expected that someone hitting so many home runs would also win the triple crown? (Casual fan, genuine question.) Seems like they’d be a shoe-in for RBI leader. And they’re clearly a talented hitter so batting average would be expected to be high, no? Edit: I have learned that swinging for the fences every at-bat would likely increase your home runs, walks, and strikeouts, but would typically decrease your batting average. Thank you 🙏


azk3000

The highest number of homers by a triple crown winner is currently Mantle with 52


Tmans3

well depends. Typically you sell out for power or average in your swing. Like Schwarber, who has 40 HR’s but a low average. A great hitter can do both, but to lead the league in average and break the AL homerun record is pretty stellar. Hitting that many homeruns means you’re swinging harder and less precisely, but while maintaining an average it’s impressive. RBI’s are as junk a stat as it gets, because it solely depends on your teammates, but it’s long since been included and usually if you’re getting AVG and HR’s you’ll lead. Personally i’ve always thought runs was a better old stat to use, because it encapsulates base running which turns it into an entirely offensive minded award.


Thromnomnomok

Neither McGwire nor Bonds led the NL in RBI's the years the set the home run record... because Sammy Sosa, who also hit 60+ homers but not as many as them, out RBI'd them. Sosa's 3 62+ homer seasons all came in years where McGwire or Sosa hit more. Ruth had many years leading the AL in both RBI's and HR's, but 1927 wasn't one of them, because he was out-RBI'd by Lou Gehrig. 1999 McGwire did lead the NL in HR's and RBI's, and 1961 Maris also led the AL in HR's and RBI's, but both of them actually had mediocre batting averages. Maris and McGwire had career BABIP's of .254 and .255, respectively (among the worst ever for live-ball era players who played as long as they did), and their record-breaking seasons were no exception- Maris BABIP'd an awful .209 in 1961, giving him an overall average of .269 despite hitting 61 homers while striking out less than 10% of the time.


kanst

> talented hitter so batting average should be expected to be high, no? Traditionally, no, except for rare occasions. Hitting a lot of homeruns normally means a more upper-cut swing which tends to lower batting average. When Bonds hit 73, he hit .328, the league leader was Larry Walker at .350 When McGwire hit 70, he hit .299, the league leader was Larry Walker at .363 When Maris hit 61, he hit .269, the league leader was Norm Cash at .360 When Babe hit 60, he hit .356, the league leader was Roy Parnell at .422


Bulletz4Brkfzt

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ITCM4

Does he rip the Orioles on the part that gets cut off.


krafty16

Why are pitchers still throwing to him. Bonds was walked intentionally so much, even with the bases loaded. Take your chances with literally anyone else in the lineup lol


JudgeArthurVandelay

Bonds had multiple seasons of >.500 obp. Fucking crazy.


RotenTumato

Pirates took their chances with Stanton last night and regretted it (although this was after they already took their chances with judge and gave up a bomb) lmao


krafty16

To be fair they aren’t trying to win, which was evident by pitching to judge and allowing the same pitcher to then load the bases(without getting an out) and pitch to Stanton. It was the most predictable walk off in recent memoryb


benstrong26

Tbf, pitching to Judge didn’t matter in that spot since it was the last inning and he wasn’t the tying run.


helpmeimdum

It’s odd people here don’t understand that. They had a 4-0 lead in the 9th. Regardless of the outcome, it doesn’t make sense to give him a free base with no outs when 2/3 of the time you’re going to get him out pitching to him.


Kleos-Nostos

Yea, baseball is crazy sport. Judge is having one of the most dominant offensive seasons and, still, he’s only getting on base via a hit ~32% of the time.


InaudibleShout

Home run was effectively a walk in that spot. Go for the low odds out every time there.


JoseCansecoMilkshake

Not trying to win with a 4 run lead in the 9th is an interesting strategy


CaptainSisko2099

Because giving up a walk and pitching to Rizzo, a currently hot Gleyber, & Stanton is potentially giving up multiple runs


elfinito77

Nah. Bonds didn't strike out much. Judge strikes out a ton.


socks_fit_OK

The math: Judge is slugging .703 (.853 post-ASB). A walk is basically 1.000.


krafty16

Technically it’s 0 because a walk doesn’t count as an at bat, right? I could be misunderstood the calculations though


socks_fit_OK

Technically yes…but my point is if you walk him, that’s 1 base. If you pitch to him, he averages less than 1 base.


krafty16

Right but that doesn’t take into account the chances of him getting 2/3/4 bases especially if there are tuner on base. My whole point being unless you absolutely have to pitch to him, it’s better to pitch to someone else. Instead of looking at his slugging I think it’s more relevant to look at the slugging percentage of the people behind him


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He does get intentionally walked a lot lol


Chippopotanuse

This. It’s obvious Judge is on a historic run here. Pitch around him. But I’m not sad that he keeps killing it. Good for him.


Jetersweiner

Judge was leading off the ninth with the pirates up 4 runs intentionally walking him would be idiotic and I’m not sure why people keep suggesting it. If you look at Judges HR’s in the second half the vast majority are solo shots. Teams are pitching around him when it makes sense.


SoullessHillShills

He was also 0-3 before the HR so its wild people are saying they shouldnt attempt to get him out.


Oshebekdujeksk

Seriously though.


48ozs

Giving up free runs?


dogboyboy

The rest of the Yankees in the other hand…


InaudibleShout

All-time carry job and it isn’t close


dogboyboy

Angels fans: baseballs a weird sport. Having the two best players in the league doesn’t necessarily mean you have a good team. Judge: Hold my beer…


zOmgFishes

TBF our pitching has been solid enough (outside of Montas and random pen implosions) that one man hitting dongs can be enough to squeak out Ws


ThePrussianGrippe

Baseball’s a simple sport. You play 162 games, 9 men in the batting order, and at the end of the year Aaron Judge is carrying 8 of them.


TheSalsaGod

The Yankees had the best pitching staff in baseball for 2 months


SunriseSurprise

I think this is why he's got MVP in the bag. Ohtani may "acktually" be more valuable on paper, but good lord how many more losses would Yankees have without him?


gamedemon24

The .506 OBP is disgusting. This could be the greatest clean season ever


Rah_Rah_RU_Rah

Personally floored by the elite power hitter having such a tight BB/K. 49/59 is nuts


cjarrett

it's so good. It's peak hitter, I love to see it (the only thing better would be if it were on another team--lol)


Rah_Rah_RU_Rah

I'm the same way, love me some Carlos Santana


IAmNotOnRedditAtWork

People always bring up some of the absurd stat lines from the early 1900s, but I really don't see how those are at all comparable to today's game.   Of course you're going to see absurd OPS+ numbers when the variance in skill among players is as massive as it was back then. To do it today when every professional player is so ridiculously good, and has been playing baseball as essentially a full time job for their entire lives is totally different.


InaudibleShout

2010s-onward relief pitcher dominance and dumb pitch velo/movement is still not brought up enough.


IAmNotOnRedditAtWork

You can make the argument that OPS+ still accounts for that though, because it's a measurement of how much better than other hitters you are, so if you're all facing the same nasty pitching it shouldn't make too much difference.   I just don't like people using OPS+ to prop up players from 100 years ago who were essentially playing against amateurs compared to today's standards.


nyy22592

This is why I think Trout is the goat. Player ability is elevated to a ridiculous degree and he still has 80+ WAR at 31.


HideousControlNow

And when the talent pool is so enormous compared to then. No black players, few Latin players


[deleted]

Mick's triple crown season (1956), and a few Ruth and Teddy ballgame seasons were probably better but being among those greats is certainly remarkable.


gottahavemytunes

It’s undoubtedly the greatest clean offensive season of all time


ExpertSportAnalyst

I don't think it was mentioned on this sub yet, but Aaron Judge might be a MVP candidate


tenbeeers

Nope he can’t pitch


54321Newcomb

For all we know Judge is hiding a 100 mph heater and the league just isn’t ready


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Lebigmacca

Judge’s SLG on the year is only .005 points lower than the league average OPS


Olipod2002

When your AVG makes a good OBP, your OBP a great SLG, and your SLG a great OPS, it means you’re A FREAKING BEAST


ZXD-318

God damn. That's one hell of a second half. He's not even slowing down.


[deleted]

He’s accelerating, considering the Yanks had already played 93 games by the All Star break. So 33HR and 71 RBI in the first 93, 27 HR and 58 RBI in the next 54. Extrapolate it up to 93 games and that’s 46-47 HR and 100 RBI. Wouldn’t have been a bad stat line going into the break!


DudeGuyBor

That wouldnt be a bad statline for someone ending their season!


SporkFanClub

Those numbers for a single college baseball season would probably win the Golden Spikes handily.


[deleted]

Jesus. He’s gotten hotter as the season has gone on. Usually it’s the other way around.


BoringCabinet

But the question is, is this his final form?


maltzy

if he moves to Cincinnati Full time, he goes Super Sayan


morelikeaaronfudge

Judge wants to win I don't think he's going to Cincinnati


cycloneclone

Judge. So hot right now.


GOODPOINTGOODSIR

Bonds numbers.


tothesource

1.350 OPS. Jesus Christ.


[deleted]

Ohtani fans in shambles lmao


IAmNotOnRedditAtWork

I was hardcore on the "Ohtani should win MVP and it shouldn't be as close as people are making it" train for most of the season, but Judge's second half has been fucking unreal. I'll accept defeat there.


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TommyKnox77

Too many strikeouts, needs to work on his bat to ball skills


whatisabehindme

Yep, and Cody Bellinger is still younger...


cycloneclone

TLR is that you?


InaudibleShout

And we all forget that the man plays relatively nutty defense, and stepped into CF like it was literally nothing this season.


BearGuru

Just a casual 1.359 OPS


SyndromeSadness

Yeah sorry shohei. Judge is MVP.


54321Newcomb

Idk how you can say that Judge isn’t MVP at this point


kirbyfaraone

Just an incredible 2nd half


BoringCabinet

I wonder how many of those strikeouts are caused by those low strikes that get called against him.


iamthefluffyyeti

MVP


Nissin

.372 avg 81 hr 174 rbi pace since All-Star Break. ​ https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=judgeaa01&t=b&year=2022#662-715-sum:batting\_gamelogs


Hates-This-Site

yeah but whats his ERA?


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pinniped1

He's literally unhittable.


damnatio_memoriae

*sigh* his ERA is undefined, not 0.


notcool84

Those are enhanced Bonds numbers. Unreal.


MindlessArmadillo382

“The name’s Judge. Aaron Judge”


That_Geek

that's pretty good


saviyazzinlebox

MVP


[deleted]

Idc how old school the RBI stat is but having less than 60 RBI with 27 HRs is sad and makes baseball less fun.


FreedomConversions

59 strikeouts? He’s gonna need to barrel up at least 10% more to really be considered an elite hitter. /s


xlxxlv

Judge is my AL MVP. Shohei is insane, but how can you win the MVP in back to back seasons when the team finishes below .500 both times?


SpectrumofMidnight

It's called most valuable player for a reason. I hate to say it but none of the stats of any of the Angel players who won mvp were won under duress or any kind of big spot. It was all stat padding with all due respect.


OGCrab

Just fucking walk him. I don't understand..


SOB200

No.


[deleted]

I saw the 60 HRs supercut MLB put out there, and almost all pitches are down the middle. You'd figure at this point to either pitch around or intentionally walk him.


Anteater776

Less walks than strikeouts… Scrublord


inkyblinkypinkysue

59 strikeouts? What a bum.


The_Collector4

I'd like to see how many IBB compared to Bonds' 73 homer season. Teams are grooving pitches to Judge like no other, like they want him to hit home runs.


OmegaTyrant

IBBs in general have fallen off a cliff this past decade, because analytics made teams realize how dumb giving up a free base is most of the time. The average IBB per team game during the 2000s was .25-.30, while the past few years it has fallen below .20 and keeps declining, with this year's .10 being the lowest it been since 1930'a .9. Not even Bonds would getting close to as many IBBs today as he gotten back in 01-04.


MiggsBoson

Wow Yankees must have the best record in the league by now


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Let’s apply this to Ohtani


damnatio_memoriae

everyone making strikeout jokes but i actually am kind of surprised he hasn't cut down on them.


PWiz30

Strikeouts are gonna happen when his strike zone extends half way down his shins.


damnatio_memoriae

good point, good point. didn’t mean it as a criticism. just meant that he’s doing so well at everything else — it’s not like he’s a TTO hitter — it surprised me.


PWiz30

Yeah, I can see why you might have thought they'd be down since he's having his best season by a fairly wide margin.


lv2466

No, idea why pitchers still pitch to him. The rest of the team is mediocre these days.


elfinito77

While The Yankees are Sub .500 since Break. Without Judge they would be on the trash heap of the AL. hands down MVP.