Aaron Judge is not from this universe

[stevenash]

There's a reason why they call him "The Unicorn"

Forget for a minute Judge is on pace to hit 60 homers yet again, setting slugging records the likes we've never seen, he plays defensive outfield the way Paul Blair, Dwight Evans, Dale Murphy, and do I dare say it, the late, great, Roberto Clemente played outfield.


This from yesterday's game, and this catch is not a one off, he does this every other week.

Holy Mother of God, what a cannon for an arm.

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Throws it exactly where he needs to put it and the throw was not even a strain for him.

I love it when someone can do something few can and make it look so easy.

Like you said, another universe.

[Tanko]

Ok so Judge will be AL MVP and Ohtani NL MVP.
Which would be MLB MVP if we had one?

Especially if Ohtani hits 50-50 mark.

[stevenash]

The next first inning HR Judge hits will break the all-time record for most first inning HRs in MLB history.

[stevenash]

Ok so Judge will be AL MVP and Ohtani NL MVP.
Which would be MLB MVP if we had one?

Especially if Ohtani hits 50-50 mark.

That's a dead heat between Judge and Ohtani (IMO)
If Ohtani was pitching and having just a pretty good season on the mound, then it would be Ohtani hands down.

MVP live odds at DraftKings.

Judge -3000
Witt Jr. +1100
Soto + 5000

And Bobby Witt Jr. is having one of the greatest offensive and defensive seasons (next to Judge and Ohtani) I've ever seen, and I've seen over 100 KC Royals games this season alone.

[wombat]

Ohtani no doubt if he gets 50-50

That will be unprecedented in the history of baseball so it deservingly needs the MVP to go with it.

[unde0087]

Ozuna hands down should win the NL

[stevenash]

Ozuna hands down should win the NL

Ozuna is like Witt Jr. on the sense that Ozuna gets no mention because of what Ohtani is doing, and Witt because of what Judge is doing.

Both are having *monster* seasons that nobody is talking about.

[stevenash]

Ohtani no doubt if he gets 50-50

That will be unprecedented in the history of baseball so it deservingly needs the MVP to go with it.

NL MVP, hands down Ohtani.

If there were just one MVP for MLB, you won't be wrong if you voted for either Judge or Ohtani.
Both hit for incredible power, Ohtani swipes more bags, Judge hits for better average, slight edge to Judge on defense...
I mean you can split hairs until the cows come home, but when it's all said and done, I call it a flat-footed dead even tie.

I like to think I am saying this with a level head, I'm hardly an LAD or NYY yahoo, far from it.

[getaloadoffatso]

Judge could never touch my 61 mph fastball down the middle with absolutely no movement on it whatsoever

[unde0087]

Ozuna is like Witt Jr. on the sense that Ozuna gets no mention because of what Ohtani is doing, and Witt because of what Judge is doing.

Both are having *monster* seasons that nobody is talking about.

I am merely stating that a real MVP is the most value player to their team, not the one who hits the most homers. Base stealing is a joke these days so 40 40 means hardly anything to me. If you took Ozuna off the Braves they would be 10 games under .500 because he was the whole offense for damn near 2 months of the season. The guy is in the running for the triple crown for God sake. Leads Ohtani in all hitting categories but homers and is only a few behind in that. All I am saying if they were really trying to find the MVP of the league it would be Ozuna and it isn't even close. But anything Ohtani does he has everyone jerking him off. The guy doesn't even field a position which I would even vote Lindor in front of Ohtani because not only is Lindor having a massive year at the plate he is having a golden glove year in the field.

[Headsterx]

MLB is going to set it up for NY v. LA in the World Series… epic!

[DrunkHorseplayer]

It won't work, the Yankess and Dodgers will blow it anyway.

[stevenash]

I would even vote Lindor in front of Ohtani because not only is Lindor having a massive year at the plate he is having a golden glove year in the field.

I agree with you about Ohtani, he's great, I get that, but I'm tired of everybody ejaculating every time the guy farts.

Yeah, I pay attention to the Metropolitans, I see what Lindor is doing, I love the guy, goes all the way back to his Cleveland Indians days.
Speaking of the Indians, they're not sitting on top of the AL Central without J-Ram's stick.

I pay very close attention to the AL Central; I remember when Kwan was hitting .388 in early May and people were like here's your next .400 batter, I was like "Can we pump the brakes on that gang, Kwan is not a .400 hitter, he's a .280 hitter, baseball is a 162-game marathon, not a 30-game sprint, he'll drop like the Hindenburg and because of the hot start he'll wind up no higher than .310."
As sure as shit, Kwan's down to .298 with 30 games left, not .388 like it was 30 games in.
That's how baseball works, and with a fluke season once a decade that's how baseball has always worked.
Without J-Ram's stick the Tribe would have been cooked by now.

I can make a case for Vlad even better.
Vlad has been killing it all year (27 / 87/ .322) And the only reason he's not 40/114 by now is because opposing pitcher gave up trying to get him out and won't throw to him. And why should they, Vlad has zero protection in the order, Varsho and Horwitz scares nobody, they're barely mediocre.

Vlad is going to have a .300/ .400/ .500 season, which only happens in a MLB season maybe eight times a DECADE.

KC Royals are now a lock to make the playoffs, and I'll bet cash money they hunt down the team formerly known as the Indians for the Division Crown. Twins are frauds.

I can argue the Royals would be DOA without Witt, and they sure as shit would be but KC has been getting insane production from everywhere. Vinny Pas is crushing everything now hitting third behind Witt Jr, and in front of Sal Perez who hasn't lost a step from when he was WS MVP nine years ago when he was a 24-year-old kid. Perez went OFF last night 4-6 with two ding dongs and drove in six.

You take the middle of that Royals lineup, and they'll kill you any way possible.
Having said all that, KC has the best starting rotation they've had since 2015.

[blankoblanco]

Judge could never touch my 61 mph fastball down the middle with absolutely no movement on it whatsoever

I consider this a humblebrag, most of us could probably only do 50

[TheGoldenGoose]

Bobby Witt is the only player that stands in the way of a Judge Triple crown. Judge is only 22nd in 2024 with 134KOs. Not bad at all. To think the Red Sox passed on him and the NYY grabbed him makes me sick as a Red Sox fan.

[stevenash]

To think the Red Sox passed on him and the NYY grabbed him makes me sick as a Red Sox fan.

The Yankees had a legit chance to draft Mike Trout in 2009 but lost out to the Angels.
The Yankees had to give up that pick to the Angels as compensation for signing FA Mark Teixeira, then of the Angels.

Yankees had two first round picks that year, they still had a bottom of the first-round pick.
Yankees coveted Trout, Teixera did help the NYY win the 2009 WS, he should have been the AL MVP, he led the league in HR's and RBI's, playing on a team that Posada, A-Rod, and Jeter.
So that Teixeira FA signing paid of big time.

That 2009 draft was loaded, Steven Strasburg was #1 overall, Zach Wheeler, Mike Minor, AJ Pollock, Shelby Miller, Garret Richards, Mike Trout all were first round picks.

[unde0087]

Nasher, I just want you to know. I think of you as the Buster Olney of SBR

[stevenash]

Nasher, I just want you to know. I think of you as the Buster Olney of SBR

Olney is OK, he's a bit of a blowhard, and I know a thing or two about being a blowhard being I can be at tad windy myself, but my hero is Ken Rosenthal.

Rosenthal had the balls to pretty much call Rob Manfred an idiot, something everybody thought also but was afraid to say it.

Manfred was so butt hurt he fired Rosenthal from MLB Network.
That story is out there.

After he was the first to break the Astro cheating scandal, Kenny became my hero.

Thanks for the words Unde, appreciate you.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Nasher, agree with you about Judge's hitting but not his defense.


Let me get this clear, you are saying he is an all time great defensive outfielder?


I'll agree that is is a good outfielder but that adderall must be working overtime if you are trying to sell me on that.

[Mac4Lyfe]

Judge is a very large man.

[19th Hole]

What a pleasure it is to watch Aaron Judge play the game of baseball.

No small credit to Judge to see how elegantly he has worn the mantle (pun intended)
of New York Yankee Captain.





***Some notable Yankees were never named captain (mainly because the honor sat vacant following the death of Lou Gehrig, until George Steinbrenner took over the team); players like Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle or Yogi Berra fall into this category.
*

[stevenash]

@Jaker
I'm not ignoring your post, I need a little time to expand on that, you know what that means?
Hide the women and children, your pal Nasher is going to write yet another long-winded item.
The difference between Grandpa Simpson and myself is Grandpa goes on forever with stories that go nowhere, where as my stories go on forever before I get to the point.

"One trick is to tell them stories that don't go anywhere"
-Grandpa Simpson

Judge is a very large man.

Most importantly he's one of the genuinely likeable guys on and off the field, he's easy to root for even if I don't love the NYY.
It's nice to be important, but it's important to be nice.
You ever look at his forearms?
He has freak forearms.

[Mac4Lyfe]

Most importantly he's one of the genuinely likeable guys on and off the field, he's easy to root for even if I don't love the NYY.
It's nice to be important, but it's important to be nice.
You ever look at his forearms?
He has freak forearms.

By all counts he’s a really nice guy without an ego. Impossible not to like him. His arms look like tree trunks.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

By all counts he’s a really nice guy without an ego. Impossible not to like him. His arms look like tree trunks.

Didn't he snub the little leaguers a couple weeks ago?

[unde0087]

Didn't he snub the little leaguers a couple weeks ago?

[JAKEPEAVY21]

@Jaker
I'm not ignoring your post, I need a little time to expand on that, you know what that means?
Hide the women and children, your pal Nasher is going to write yet another long-winded item.
The difference between Grandpa Simpson and myself is Grandpa goes on forever with stories that go nowhere, where as my stories go on forever before I get to the point.

"One trick is to tell them stories that don't go anywhere"
-Grandpa Simpson

Most importantly he's one of the genuinely likeable guys on and off the field, he's easy to root for even if I don't love the NYY.
It's nice to be important, but it's important to be nice.
You ever look at his forearms?
He has freak forearms.

Thank God I wasn't waiting by the phone

[stevenash]

^
Wise ass.
lol
It's all good, I'm a wise ass too, I have a warm spot in my heart for wise asses.

I'll cut to the chase as I'm multi-tasking here like a bunny rabbit.
I was going to say I probably didn't make myself clear, the point I was trying to make is Judge is playing defense like Blair etc...
You can't put him in that class though unless Judge plays outfield like this for another decade.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

^
Wise ass.
lol
It's all good, I'm a wise ass too, I have a warm spot in my heart for wise asses.

I'll cut to the chase as I'm multi-tasking here like a bunny rabbit.
I was going to say I probably didn't make myself clear, the point I was trying to make is Judge is playing defense like Blair etc...
You can't put him in that class though unless Judge plays outfield like this for another decade.

I'll be honest, I have not watched Judge play outfield often but have never once heard him talked about as one of the best current defensive outfielders...

The one under the radar guy that the advanced defensive stats love is Varsho.

I'm not seeing Judge anywhere as I am quickly looking at some advanced defensive stats like Outs Above Average, Outfielder Jump or Outfield Catch Probability.

[stevenash]

Jake.
KC just traded for Gurriel, and claimed Tommy Pham and Randy Grossman.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Jake.
KC just traded for Gurriel, and claimed Tommy Pham and Randy Grossman.

Pham's attitude and personality can either be good or bad for the clubhouse...

[stevenash]

Aaron Judge's Stellar Performance: Robbing Home Runs | Watch (msn.com)

[stevenash]

Pham's attitude and personality can either be good or bad for the clubhouse...

Went 2-4 today leading off.

[JAKEPEAVY21]

Aaron Judge's Stellar Performance: Robbing Home Runs | Watch (msn.com)

This is your evidence??


He is damn near 7 foot tall, I would hope he would rob a homer here and there!


Did you see Michael Harris rob one the other night? That was as good as it gets for a homer robbery...

[stevenash]

This is your evidence??

Nah, I thought I'd yank your chain this time.

lol

Did you see Michael Harris rob one the other night? That was as good as it gets for a homer robbery...

I did see that, that was the TBS game here.
Yeah, and he a good hitter with some pop.
Baseball America was really big on Harris right out of HS, I've been paying attention.
Here's the happy problem, Harris is going to play a corner position when Acuña Jr. come back healthy.

This is my all-time favorite catch by somebody not named Willie Mays.
Pay close attention as to where he starts out on the ball.