Season for the ages for Judge...he is remarkable. This guy is like Paul Bunyan or something. Larger than life character that is better than they hype. Can't wait to watch him try and break the record down the stretch.
I predicted he would hit number 62 on the 4th of October, i maybe off on that!! And I hope he does it sooner. Triple crown is a real possibility, that blows my MIND with those hr numbers!! Maris hit .269 in ‘61, Judge is hitting .317!!! The article on mlb noted Maris was never intentionally walked, an advantage for him was hitting in the 3 spot in front of some dude named ‘Mantle’… awesome fun for baseball fans right now. Pujols is also providing some entertainment, hopefully not during this Padres series though…Season for the ages for Judge...he is remarkable. This guy is like Paul Bunyan or something. Larger than life character that is better than they hype. Can't wait to watch him try and break the record down the stretch.
Maris also did it in the year where there were two expansion teams, 13 of his homers were hit against the Angels and Senators. Also, Judge is hitting against many more pitchers than the others, 244 at this point verses even the other leaders, Sosa ect, who hit against just over 200 and that was for the who season. So many new pitchers a game and many more fresh arms.I predicted he would hit number 62 on the 4th of October, i maybe off on that!! And I hope he does it sooner. Triple crown is a real possibility, that blows my MIND with those hr numbers!! Maris hit .269 in ‘61, Judge is hitting .317!!! The article on mlb noted Maris was never intentionally walked, an advantage for him was hitting in the 3 spot in front of some dude named ‘Mantle’… awesome fun for baseball fans right now. Pujols is also providing some entertainment, hopefully not during this Padres series though…
Is ... this better than Bonds in '01 (or '02/'03/'04)? Really? I'm not sure it is.But...all that said...Judge's regular season performance this year has no equal. It just doesn't. To not only hit for that kind of power and average in this era is unquestionably the top regular season hitting feat ever.
I’m not really HR record focused here. Almost is good enough when you’re taking about what he’s doing in terms of that or even first place in average. The thing about stats and baseball is there’s always something out there you can use to show black is white, or at least grey. It’s annoying. If you want to focus on something determinative, look at separation in home runs and slugging percentage. I focus on how impossible it is to pitch to him. Bonds wasn’t there, nor Ortiz, nor Williams (per description by his peers) nor anyone else.Is ... this better than Bonds in '01 (or '02/'03/'04)? Really? I'm not sure it is.
Judge is unquestionably great. He's having an all time great season. But to say it has no equal ... I'm not sure I'm there yet. OPS+ of 215 is incredible, but it's not the best (or even really that close). Judge's offensive bWAR of 9.8, again, incredible, but not the best (or even that close). The HRs are an AL mark, but not an MLB mark.
Old timers I’ve been around were kind of unanimous in saying the night game killed the .400 average. I don’t know about that, things change in every direction over time. But there is something that likely won’t change that I think kills it. If a guy is capable of hitting .400 he should be dropping 50 points or more for the sake of power. It’s just the numbers.To continue the apples to oranges comparisons, will we ever see anyone hit close to .400 again? Tony Gwynn, one of my favorite players of all time, hit .394 back in '94. That season was cut short by the strike. Could he have hit .407? Or maybe slumped down to .370?? Who knows.. I don't see it happening in todays game.
2022 SLG:If you want to focus on something determinative, look at separation in home runs and slugging percentage. I focus on how impossible it is to pitch to him. Bonds wasn’t there, nor Ortiz, nor Williams (per description by his peers) nor anyone else.
I’ll give you I have a bias against Bonds. But it’s well founded and disqualifying. Body armor and PED-s. I disagree on the OPS. It says more about protection from other hitters in the lineup then parity. The Yankees and all those low averages haven’t been swarming with protection. Also, Bonds had a singular hitting style, most do. Judge with that enormous strike zone has had to learn several. That late low zone wrist action may change a lot of other hitters. But bias aside there were ways to get Bonds out if you made the pitches. And the zone was absolutely tiny during that stretch. Nothing above the lower midsection. Today guys are throwing head high curves that come into the plate over the letters and scraping the back of the zone for strikes. Then the next pitch out of the zone low and outside. To a guy 6’7”. That’s a dramatic difference.2022 SLG:
Judge .705
Alvarez .622
Goldschmidt .595
2001 SLG:
Bonds .863
Sosa .737
Gonzalez .688
The HR argument I'll give you (vs Bonds), but it's not more impressive than Ruth's seasons in the 20s. I used OPS+ because it is, by definition, a reflection of the player's performance relative to the league (league avg is by definition pegged at 100). So you see how much better a player is than the league as a whole. OPS encapsulates "how impossible it is to pitch to him", as it incorporates OBP (i.e., walks).
In 2001, Bonds was walked 177 times (in '04, it was 232!). Judge is at 94. Bonds was so impossible to pitch to, they didn't.
Judge is having an all-time great season, no doubt. But sensationalizing as without question the best offensive season ever? I'm not there. Best offensive season in the last 10 years (better than Miggy winning the triple crown in 2012)? Absolutely.
Agree to disagree.I’ll give you I have a bias against Bonds. But it’s well founded and disqualifying. Body armor and PED-s. I disagree on the OPS. It says more about protection from other hitters in the lineup then parity. The Yankees and all those low averages haven’t been swarming with protection. Also, Bonds had a singular hitting style, most do. Judge with that enormous strike zone has had to learn several. That late low zone wrist action may change a lot of other hitters. But bias aside there were ways to get Bonds out if you made the pitches. And the zone was absolutely tiny during that stretch. Nothing above the lower midsection. Today guys are throwing head high curves that come into the plate over the letters and scraping the back of the zone for strikes. Then the next pitch out of the zone low and outside. To a guy 6’7”. That’s a dramatic difference.
No I’ve never seen a guy hit like this for a season.
No player in their prime would do a three year deal. Just too risky. He could turn into an Ellsbury and be constantly injured, then you’d get next to nothing.IMHO, No need to go 10 years at this point. Not wiht these payrolls keeping to climb. 3 years/$165m then 5/$300m after that. The next question, Yankees, Mets or Red Sox? If the latter two, could be be 3/$200m
Split it with you 7 year contract with a 3 year out.No player in their prime would do a three year deal. Just too risky. He could turn into an Ellsbury and be constantly injured, then you’d get next to nothing.
Minimum here is likely 7 years.
Nope. He wants more than 7. The Mets will offer 10 and the Yankees will have to match it. An option has no value to Judge unless the last 3 years are way low. The Yankees would be foolish to do that.Split it with you 7 year contract with a 3 year out.
He wants a contract that will cover the rest of his career. What happens if he can still play at a diminished but respectable level when his contract expires? Would he take minimum salary to play another year or 2. That’s why he wants a long contract and why he doesn’t need an opt out.A ten year deal puts him at 41 yrs old in the last year…