re: Aaron Judge GOAT Watch- Judge hits 62 HR's w/o Cheating, Elite Defender - WINS AL MVP

Aaron Judge is now slugging .701.

AL Batting Leaders

1. Arraez at .316733
2. Boggarts at .316406
3. Judge at .31619

Judge was 5 feet from his first three-homerun game. Boston does not play tomorrow, so Judge will not be the BA leader until Tuesday. He has improved is BA by NINE points in just five games. The others have fallen. If he keeps this up, we might be thinking MLB Triple Crown. Barry Bonds batted .328 in 2001, but the leader batted .350, and ten players batted .330 or better. The Yankees play the Pirates (LOL), so I look for more XBH's and homers. I say that he gets #62 against the Red Sox next week.


As predicted, he is having a RIDICULOUS September. He is batting .491, slugging 1.018, and his OBA is .5857. This means he is OPS 1.604 in the month of September. Eight homers, and five doubles. I don't see him slowing down, as they play the Pirates and the Red Sox next week. I don't think he gets to 2.000 OPS, but what if he gets to 1.7 or 1.8?

He needs just 89 total bases to tie the record - still not likely, but he got 11 today, so who knows?

I’m pretty damn knowledgeable for a 12 year-old, aren’t I? I’m just posting stats with some guesses. If Judge holds up this pace in Sept, it will be a top 5 month all-time.

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I'm a Yankee fan and we do NOT have October pitchers. It's mind blowing.

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Just when I thought that the Yankees had top shelf pitching, they implode. Will they be healthy and consistent enough to win 11 games? Trading Montgomery, as everyone knows was an enormous mistake, and Montas has not panned out. Judge has been a machine, but teams can limit the damage, especially in the playoffs. Teams have zero respect for the rest of the lineup, which means Judge, at best, gives you one or two runs. Teams don't need to pitch around Judge. Judge came up with bases empty on five out of six PA's. Only the last AB, did Judge have runners on, at which point, Milwaukee really did not GAF about the outcome of that AB. Obviously, opposing pitching will be much better; the rest of the lineup has not proven that they can hit against a pitching staff with a pulse (they can feast on mediocre to bad pitching like today - Milwaukee's pitching was barely AAA material today). I despise the Astros, so hopefully that changes, but I give the Yankees about a 10% chance to make it to the WS, and that's only because Aaron Judge wears pinstripes.

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It will be interesting what the Yankees offer. They aren't the free spenders they once were with Papa Steinbrenner in charge. There was a time I thought for sure they would find a way to keep Cano.

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It'll be interesting, but I don't think Cano was a "must keep" like Judge is. There are a few names in sports that are "must keeps". Steph Curry on the Warriors would be an example. He could get a 40M+/YR contract and not many teams will be willing to pony up.

Arraez is 0-2 so as of right this moment, Judge is in second place behind Boggarts. Boston does not play today.

ETA- Arraez is now 1-3, and his night may be over. With that hit, he has taken the lead at .31683. He will still remain ahead of Judge, even if he gets another AB and is out.

Hell of a game tonight!

Pirates were dumb and Will Crowe is barely AAA quality, but ZFG. Judge now leads the AL with a .316 average - his last AB gave him the BA lead as Arraez and Boggarts continue to play poorly. Judge just might get 70+; again, pitching and management matters. Judge saw three meatballs on Sunday, and he saw one tonight. He will see a lot more over the next 15 games. He might homer in 11+ of them. Only Boone can stop him from getting 70. A Yankee loss would have made the Astros Five away from a #1 seed, thereby rending the last several games meaningless for the Yankees (which means Boone possibly sitting Judge). He will obviously get the record this week. The sooner the better, but I think he hits #61 tomorrow, and gets #62 against Boston.

This has to be considered possibly one of the GOAT seasons - 60+ homers, batting triple crown in the AL (maybe the MLB, but not yet), 140+ RBI, and a GG type season in the outfield. Not to mention, Judge has shown his ability to be a five-tool player.

Freeman leads the MLB with a .330 average as of RIGHT THIS MINUTE. Not going to do a MLB Triple Crown watch unless Judge gets to within .01 of the leader.

Also, he had 372 TB's, which means he needs 86 more bases to break the TB's record!

Hard to believe that it paid 3.5 to 1 for Judge to hit a homer, especially against the Pirates. I need to get on and bet for 70 from GOAT.

Looks like a Yankee will continue to be the HR leader...Ruth, Maris, Judge.