aaron judge needs his own thread

Xps one has to consider the aesthetics of watching a 5'8" man hit dongs vs. A 6'7" man. The former is more beautiful to me, but I can respect a taste for the maximalist

(I'm just happy it's a close case because I really do love Mookie's game so much. To even stay within range of Judge's bat is enough to keep me in awe of his game)

Mlb.com rounds up to 5'9" but I'm not going to let that ruin my point

https://i.imgur.com/m7lxE1u.jpeg

Whose the guy on the left? (correct answers only)

https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/awards_2017.shtml

Sadly, a correct answer

He's becoming like a storybook character.

https://www.mlb.com/news/aaron-judge-to-appear-in-rubble-and-crew-episode

Hit his 41st in the first inning today, then the Jays IBB'd him in the second with two outs and the bases empty (Yankees leading 4-1).

The last intentional walk with the bases empty and two outs in the first two innings of a game was of Glenn Borgmann of the Twins on Aug. 10, 1972 vs. the Angels.

Seems like a rather silly move, especially for a team going nowhere, but they did get out of the inning without a run.

Glenn Borgmann?

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/borgmgl01.shtml

The immortal

I’m skeptical of all distance tracking but I’m very skeptical that Judge’s longest ball since his rookie season was yesterday’s (477 feet). It doesn’t make any sense. Especially when you look at the distance by season for Stanton, Acuña Jr., etc.

(xpost) Judge or Glenn Borgmann?

The Borg-man

I just don't have any recollection of him...Butch Wynegar is the first Twins catcher I remember without checking. (And now that I have, George Mitterwald is the first.)

Xp distance tracking. Co-sign me on statcast under-reporting distance conspiracy theory. Ohtani hit a bomb that literally went over the seats into the bathroom at Minute Maid Park. 440ft? No way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D6veLUpxKA

zzz

I like this:

After obliterating his 41st dinger of the season in the first inning, Judge came to the dish again in the second with two out and no one one. Toronto intentionally walked him. If you want to impress your friends with your command of obscure trivia, the last time someone was intentionally walked that early in the game with none on and two out was Glenn Borgmann of the Twins in August of 1972.

Already mentioned, I’m a dumbass! I knew it was familiar …

lol ESPN doing a "300 HR watch" and pointing out the deep fly he hit in his first AB would've only been a HR in Yankee Stadium

entered the day with a 217 wrc+ and raised it

as they got blown out by a team that just lost 47 games in a row

cmon man I know you watch baseball lol

this ain’t basketball

Would much rather have Bellinger.

― clemenza, Wednesday, July 5, 2017 9:59 PM (seven years ago) bookmarkflaglink

i'll take judge for the next 5 and bellinger for the next 10

― k3vin k., Wednesday, July 5, 2017 10:02 PM (seven years ago) bookmarkflaglink

both rong!

we’ve gone from comparing him to guys like bellinger (lol), harper, and betts, to seriously asking things like: okay, just how much better was prime bonds than this guy

yea even the Bulls win one every now and then

he can only bat once every nine times! u trolling

2019, my window of glory.

He's sort of within triple crown range...18 points behind Witt; if you actually did the math, likely a real longshot (especially considering you can't keep this up forever).

sold on this guy now. i will allow him to hit the baseball

he is crushing the analytic triple crown, which is a thing i just made up: wrc+ (217)/woba (.479)/iso (.367)

there it is

Fastest ever (in terms of games and/or AB, I assume).

Two lists from Posnanski today:

Here, in chronological order, is a complete list of all the AL/NL hitter combos where each had a 165 or better OPS+.

Ty Cobb and Harry Heilmann (1921-22)
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig (1927-33)
Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio (1937)
Joe Medwick and Johnny Mize (1937)
Henry Aaron and Eddie Mathews (1959)
Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris (1961)
Willie Mays and Orlando Cepeda (1963)
Will Clark and Kevin Mitchell (1989)
Fred McGriff and Gary Sheffield (1992)
Ken Griffey Jr. and Edgar Martinez (1997)
Albert Pujols and Jim Edmonds (2004)
Mookie Betts and J.D. Martinez (2018)
Aaron Judge and Juan Soto (2024)

AL/NL combos where each player had an OPS+ of 189 or better:

Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig (1927-31)
Aaron Judge and Juan Soto (2024)

he just keeps getting better

44th dinger tonight. has an outside shot at 60 again

his current pace is 57 HR/146 RBI/126 runs/135 BB, nbd

the 50/125/125/125 club has got to be a small one

only 24 50/100/100/100 seasons, and judge has 2 of them already

https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask?q=players+with+at+least+50+home+runs%2C+at+least+100+runs+scored%2C+at+least+100+runs+batted+in%2C+and+at+least+100+walks+in+a+single+season

https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask?q=players+with+at+least+50+home+runs%2C+at+least+125+runs+scored%2C+at+least+125+runs+batted+in%2C+and+at+least+125+walks+in+a+single+season

7 50/125/125/125 seasons: ruth (x4), mantle, mcgwire, bonds

Was just about to post the same link. Luis Gonzalez and Matt Olson are/were good players, but they kind of stick out on the 50/125/125 list.

I mentioned Judge and the Triple Crown. Didn't realize that Shohei and Ozuna are much closer right now.

From Posnanski today, a vivid demonstration of why it's harder for Judge and everybody else to do what they do than hitters of the past.

I randomly picked out a few great hitting years and wanted to see how that hitter did against pitchers the fourth time through. I’m sure if I searched, I could find exceptions. But here’s what I found:

Hitter vs. Batter, facing a starter for the 4th time (or more):

Babe Ruth, 1927: 119 PAs, .394/.492/.894 with 12 home runs
Ted Williams, 1941: 85 PAs, .446/.577/.877 with 7 home runs
Mickey Mantle, 1956: 80 PAs, .386/.463/.871 with 11 home runs.
Frank Robinson, 1966: 63 PAs, .333/.460/.706 with 6 home runs.
Joe Morgan, 1976: 54 PAs, .439/.556/.902 with 10 extra bases hits.
Mike Schmidt, 1980: 48 PAs, .361/.479/.667 with 3 home runs and 10 walks.
Cal Ripken, 1991: 45 PAs, .463/.511/.756 with 3 home runs.
Barry Bonds, 2001: 21 PAs, .438/.571/.1.188 with 4 home runs
Miguel Cabrera, 2010: 14 PAs, .400/.500/.700 with 1 home run
Aaron Judge, 2024: 0 PAs

I'll trust that it was indeed a random sample and he didn't discard examples that didn't fit.

Jesus Ted

Glad you omitted the comma: he basically was.

2 more homers tonight

it's just absolutely disgusting what he does to baseballs

another one today. 48 now

WAR is 8.9 yowza

9.2 on FG

even Yowza-er

jfc this staten island little league coach

what an asshole