Aaron Judge

[MattyC]

Closing out with his best power month; love watching this kid play, love the work ethic— and also love how he handles himself with the media, with maturity and poise. His homers are such missiles, they make me smile like a kid again. Ripping boxes with my family looking for Judges this year has been priceless.

[packs]

It's too bad there isn't enough room for the Yankees to catch Boston. If they overtook the East I think Judge had to have been the MVP.

[ullmandds]

and there it goes!!

[ullmandds]

and there goes #50...congrats Aaron!!!!

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

and there it goes!!

and there went #50!!!

[packs]

Congrats to Aaron! What an amazing season.

[pokerplyr80]

Yea this has been a lot of fun to watch. I can't wait to see what he does in the playoffs.

[ls7plus]

Originally Posted by packs

Congrats to Aaron! What an amazing season.

Absolutely!!! A great achievement for a great kid! I can't see him winning the MVP, however, after essentially having gone awol for a month and a half.

Best regards,

Larry

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by ls7plus

Absolutely!!! A great achievement for a great kid! I can't see him winning the MVP, however, after essentially having gone awol for a month and a half.

Best regards,

Larry

Nope, but ROY and likely top 3 MVP is not bad for a guy I was thinking I was being overly optimistic by hoping he might turn into the next Jay Buhner or Richie Sexson about a 1/2 year ago.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by bnorth

and there went #50!!!

...and so goes the only legit (IMO) home run record Mark McGwire ever held.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I think he finishes second behind Altuve in MVP. Very impressive how he turned it around after an epic slump, and indeed how he ascended after a long and unspectacular minor league career. A great story.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I think he finishes second behind Altuve in MVP. Very impressive how he turned it around after an epic slump, and indeed how he ascended after a long and unspectacular minor league career. A great story.

Give it about a year, and noone will remember any 'epic' slump. Its not a slump if you end up with 50 homers ...its just called a normal baseball season.

Im sure there are lots of .285 35 homer and 100+ rbi seaons of players were had horrible slumps in that year. Noone will remember that. 50 homers in not a full season...c'mon.

[rats60]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I think he finishes second behind Altuve in MVP. Very impressive how he turned it around after an epic slump, and indeed how he ascended after a long and unspectacular minor league career. A great story.

I would put him behind Altuve and Ramirez, two great seasons on the two teams fighting for the best record. I can't get over Judge's two month slump. The Yankees had a better record during that slump than the rest of the season. That doesn't say most valuable to me.