Yes. He’s had a hamstring issue.
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It's been noted in game that Judge looks like he's pressing. The combination of him pressing a little and the fact that nobody really throws him anything he can hit suddenly makes it easy to see that he might not get to 62 or get enough hits for the triple. We'll see. I'm not optimistic.
I know that pitchers are being careful, but this isn’t like Bonds stuck on 69 home runs being pitched around every at bat for three consecutive games times (7 intentional walks) before the Houston Manager (Dierker) finally relented and let a rookie go after him. (Bonds missed one strike and hit the second one into orbit.)
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/astros/article/Minute-Maid-Park-s-most-memorable-Barry-Bonds-14183563.php
I get that fans want Judge to hit number 62, but the pitchers challenged him last night and he couldn’t touch them.
I realized last night that everyone takes OBP more seriously than BA these days, and Judge is leading all of MLB by 20+ points there. He’s probably not going to catch Arraez in BA but OBP/HR/RBI is pretty cool too.
Other than the historical significance of the triple crown, I'm with you. Judge leads the league in almost every meaningful offensive category (OBP, SLG, OPS (duh), TB, HR, RBI, Runs, Walks, XBH, oWAR, WPA, etc.). Aside from BA, he only really lags in hits, SBs, 2Bs (the homers have to, to some extent, come at the expense of results like 2Bs on well-struck balls), 3Bs... it's an incredible season and not having the batting title detracts nothing from his accomplishments in my meaningless opinion.
Batting Title is basically the wins leader for batters. Like...yeah, it's a cool stat and it's usually an indicator you had a good year, but the significance is based more in historical inertia than anything else.
That said, Arraez is a good player (128 OPS+, 4.1 WAR) whose average this year is essentially his career average, so it wouldn't be a fluke if he won.
That said, Arraez is a good player (128 OPS+, 4.1 WAR) whose average this year is essentially his career average, so it wouldn't be a fluke if he won.
The AL runs scored leaderboard is crazy, Judge leading with 131 and Altuve next at just 102. Judge has 21 more ABs than Arraez (563 to 542) and has scored 45 more runs (131 to 86).
And he's got it, # 62! Congrats to Aaron Judge and all Yankees fans. That it quite an accomplishment and one I personally consider the greatest HR hitting season of all time!
The Triple Crown dream seems 99.9 percent dead, Arraez is four points up with one game left and Boone just said Judge will sit tomorrow.
So even if Arraez starts, they can pull him if he starts 0-2, which would leave him at .3138. If he gets a hit before getting to 0-2, they can leave him in. This is obviously important to MIN/Arraez as they have been sitting him this past week against LHP (.268 against them) and playing him against some RHP (.328), so I think they will play defense here, maybe Arraez won't even start but he does have a cushion. Even if Judge subs in mid-game (they do have five days off after that) and goes 2 for 2, he would still be at .3129.
So even if Arraez starts, they can pull him if he starts 0-2, which would leave him at .3138. If he gets a hit before getting to 0-2, they can leave him in. This is obviously important to MIN/Arraez as they have been sitting him this past week against LHP (.268 against them) and playing him against some RHP (.328), so I think they will play defense here, maybe Arraez won't even start but he does have a cushion. Even if Judge subs in mid-game (they do have five days off after that) and goes 2 for 2, he would still be at .3129.
Lot of noise the last month or so that the Giants would throw a massive bag of money at him. He’s from central CA and even went to college in Fresno.
Honestly it’s a lose lose for them. If he’s gone, you lose a ton of production. If he stays, he’s peaked and his numbers can only go down at double the money. I’d rather he just stay.
I'm fine with Judge going. That's not a hot take, it's just that he's the wrong age for a mega contract. He wants to be paid like the basically perfect player he is for 8 or 9 more years and I just can't see why or how we need to do that.
After the last 6 full seasons, it's obvious that we aren't spreading our offense around enough. It's focused on 1-2 players and 2-3 other guys who we hope get hot or run into a pitch. It is a broken offense for the postseason when your 725 ops guys who look okay at times during the regular season but generally aren't contributing much absolutely fall apart when they are facing the best pitching in baseball every time up.
While I do love this thread because of the history inside of it - is there a reason that he came up so old? Just a late bloomer I assume?
This doesn't apply to you, but do you think the percentage of Yankee fans who would be okay with Judge moving on increased with his quiet postseason? I can imagine that if the Yankees lost in the ALCS, but Judge had been the one hitter carrying the load, it might be tougher to be okay with him leaving.
He played in college for three years (ages 19, 20, 21) before moving minor league ball. That explains most of his "old" age.
Depends on the temperature in the room. Right now Yankee fans are upset with everyone from Cashman to Boone to Judge. Everyone I know who isn't on SoSH is ready to light the whole damn team on fire for their ALCS performance (minus the pitching).
My guess is that in a month when it settles and free agency starts for real, they will start to see that the options for not retaining Judge aren't all that great and since most fans are dumb as rocks they don't see any other super stars out there to replace him and they start shifting their energy to Hal, who the entire fan base thinks is super cheap and has no sense of urgency.
If they don't sign him and do a bunch of other splashy stuff, it'll be fine. If they don't sign him and add an average bat, it'll look bad and fans will be upset.
I'd call the Judge situation for Cashman "Damned if you don't, Damned later if you do."
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I’m in the let him walk camp if he wants more than 5 years, which of course he does (and he should.)
Spread out the money.
Spread out the money.
This seems like one of those times where the player shouldn't move on
Massive popularity, in the largest market. That takes time to build up. You move on and kind of fall off the radar a bit
The grass isn't always greener, etc.
However, it's also his prerogative to go where he wants
But it's not something that comes up often, so take advantage. Become the legend
Massive popularity, in the largest market. That takes time to build up. You move on and kind of fall off the radar a bit
The grass isn't always greener, etc.
However, it's also his prerogative to go where he wants
But it's not something that comes up often, so take advantage. Become the legend
I don't think "largest market" / "rabid fanbase" is always as appealing as we, as fans, might make it out to be. I think, after having experienced the ups and downs of being a Yankee, a player like Judge (or Mookie...) might say "You know this shit is great in my 20s but I don't want to be here as the "face of the franchize" as I'm raising a family, dealing with age-related injuries and decline. As long as the money is comparable I'm good with dialing the insanity down." It's not like San Fran is a perennial loser; it's a big market and has shown it will spend to compete.
Sorry, is this about Xander?
Honestly the above applies to almost every premium FA, their team is generally screwed short-term if they leave and long-term if they come back.
Nice. Thanks for posting. Can't wait till he plays in Boston and Fallon and Barrymore can do Fever Pitch 2
If Judge leaves, I am locking this thread that I started the day after he was drafted in 2013 and of course my avatar that I have had since his first MLB game in 2016. Judge is almost certainly my favorite Yankee ever, even before this absurd season, he is a mythic figure come to life, Paul Bunyan in RF.
But I got over NY losing Rickey Henderson at 29 back in the day, guys who get to FA sometimes leave and sometimes there’s nothing you can do about (they could have treated him better along the way certainly). I’m already kind of excited for the Jasson Dominguez/Spencer Jones middle of the order, maybe 2024 or 2025.
But I got over NY losing Rickey Henderson at 29 back in the day, guys who get to FA sometimes leave and sometimes there’s nothing you can do about (they could have treated him better along the way certainly). I’m already kind of excited for the Jasson Dominguez/Spencer Jones middle of the order, maybe 2024 or 2025.
Do we know whether Judge gave NY the chance to match a Giants’ offer? Because that deal was rumored yesterday to be made by SF, wasn’t it?
I'm sure we will get in-depth stories soon, but the rumor on what happened yesterday was that Judge asked both teams to make their best final offers and he would decide. It always made way more sense for him to stay in NY if everything was relatively even offer-wise (legacy already started there, much better current team around him and probably better prospect pipeline, much better HR park), so I was pretty surprised about the SF choice reports.
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Ken Rosenthal reports in his Judge article that he will be named Yankees captain. Expected, of course, but awesome news nonetheless
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Ken Rosenthal reports in his Judge article that he will be named Yankees captain. Expected, of course, but awesome news nonetheless