Judge isn’t just a collector of numbers; in his first tour of duty as Yankees captain he has put the “valuable” in “most valuable player.”
Judge came off the IL May 9, and he was allowed to shake the rust off that night because the Yankees were enjoying a fun night at the expense of America’s Homecoming opponent, the Athletics. But in the 11 games since, he is hitting .405, slugging .976, he’s gotten on base 51.9 percent of the time, hit seven homers, driven in 16.
And here’s the thing: It was already assumed that last year was going to be a hard one to match, let alone top, because the kinds of numbers Judge amassed in 2022 were simply not the kinds of numbers that would seem replicable. Throw in the 10-day IL stay, you add to the degree of difficulty. Maybe the best moment came in an instant of supposed failure, too. That was last Sunday, against the Rays at the Stadium. The Yankees trailed 8-7. There were two outs in the ninth. Judge stepped to the plate. Baseball
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