Aaron Judge -- how many will he hit, prediction thread

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

What game are you watching??????

this is a prediction thread...not a running tally!

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

this is a prediction thread...not a running tally!

Re-read the first post, predicting time is long over.

[D. Bergin]

Just checked Judge's Home vs. Road splits, and they are shockingly similar all across the board, for anybody concerned Judge is having this great season solely from benefiting from Yankee Stadiums cozy confines. If anything he's very slightly better on the road.

Out of curiosity I checked the splits for Roger Maris during 1961, and his Home/Road splits were also pretty identical.

Both of Judge's homers tied the game last night. 1st one in the 6th, 2nd one in the 8th, while the Yanks pulled it out in the 10th, thanks to Gleyber Torres's once every two games hit.

Yanks had 8 hits in 10 innings last night. Judge had 3 of them with 2 homers and a Walk and 3 runs scored to go along with it. Amazing run he's on.

I wonder the last time somebody has been on a run like this, with so little help from their team-mates.

[Shoeless Moe]

....he would have homered in the 10th had they not walked him.

His base on balls are really starting to increase too I believe.....but should still get to 61.


Better not be a whimper of talk that Ohtani should get MVP, no way, no chance, any writer doesn't vote Judge, should be shot.

Well that might be a little harsh....

......maybe just pushed down a flight of stairs.


Judge is carrying the Yankees single-handedly into the Playoffs. And I can't stand the Yankees, but I know what is right.

I don't care what Ohtoni & Trout are doing in their garbage time meaningless games over on the West Coast. They folded during crunch time..........yet again.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by Shoeless Moe

....he would have homered in the 10th had they not walked him.

His base on balls are really starting to increase too I believe.....but should still get to 61.


Better not be a whimper of talk that Ohtani should get MVP, no way, no chance, any writer doesn't vote Judge, should be shot.

Well that might be a little harsh....

......maybe just pushed down a flight of stairs.


Judge is carrying the Yankees single-handedly into the Playoffs. And I can't stand the Yankees, but I know what is right.

I don't care what Ohtoni & Trout are doing in their garbage time meaningless games over on the West Coast. They folded during crunch time..........yet again.

Well said and amazing what he has done and even more amazing is that he is in the triple crown hunt with him being only .009 away on average

[G1911]

At this point I’d vote for Judge, but Ohtani is not far behind. It’s a lot easier for Ohtani to rack up value as a both ways player. They definitely aren’t so far apart that dissidents would need to be shot for voting for the other.

[D. Bergin]

WAR loves Angels players as compensation for hating former Angels prospect Dante Bichette so much.

Ohtani is pretty great, but I can't for the life of me figure out how he has a nearly identical pitching WAR to Justin Verlander and Alex Manoah when looking at their stat lines next to each other. Is strikeout percentage ranked that much more important then nearly every other statistic on the stat sheet, including ERA, Whip and Innings load?

As far as hitting. He's having an average J.D. Martinez type season as a DH. No, not one of his better seasons...one of his average seasons....except Martinez did actually play in the field every once in awhile, even if he wasn't very good at it.

I get that nobody has done what Ohtani has done, as good as he's done it in a very long time.

He's very good, but not great, at two different positions (one of which does not play in the field). This frees up the Angels to...maybe add one more roster spot near the end of the bullpen, or the end of the bench to add more depth. A player who likely wouldn't register as a blip on the WAR scale. Valuable sure, but arguable exactly how valuable on a team that has two of the most valuable analytical players in the league, and very little to show for it.

It's very interesting...very impressive, etc, etc, etc......but can't wrap my head around how that's more valuable then what Judge is doing this year.

BTW, I don't think the MVP race will be close. I think Judge will run away with it...but get ready to be bombarded by article after article from stat head contrarians whining about how badly Ohtani got ripped off from winning a 2nd MVP in a row.