Same goes for people who were old enough to appreciate MJ in the 80s and 90s.
I’m very jealous of those people.
Our versions of that are guys like LeBron and Messi.
That man is special.
Through May 4th, Judge found himself hitting .209/.340/.403 with six homers and 19 RBI.
35 games had gone by and he’d shown virtually no signs of his MVP self.
That caused a good amount of people to genuinely worry about what was going on.
Was his foot issue that dates back to last summer going to hamper his abilities forever?
Was the move to the 3 hole the root of this?
Some motherfucker wanted to explore the way of sending him down to the minor leagues.
Then Judge got ejected on May 4th against the Tigers.
Ever since then, something snapped.
What has transpired over the last three weeks shows you just how good this dude is.
In his last 18 games this is his slash line: .433/.570/.1.067.
Yeah that’s a 1.067 slugging percentage.
A 1.636 OPS for those scoring at home.
This is God Mode stuff.
Maybe the most locked in we’ve ever seen the big fella.
Just for reference, at the end of April Judge’s batting run value was somewhere in the 50s.
Some of his bombs recently have been BOMBS.
Pretty much everything he comes into contact with has been annihilated.
And if you were wondering how the duo of Judge and Soto were fairing together?
Let me tell ya, it’s a lot of fun to watch.
They currently possess the highest team OPS and lowest team ERA in the whole league.
Oh, and Gerrit Cole is still about a month away from returning.
Gil is electric on the mound, with eye-opening strikeout stuff.
He possesses the lowest opponent’s batting average among all pitchers.
Scariest thing is he has flaws to work on.
The control can get away from him at times and his slider needs to better.
But man on man is his fastball/changeup combo deadly.
There’s a different vibe with this Yankees team.
They grind out pitchers like in the old days.
They’re balanced throughout the lineup with lefties and righties, along with power and contact.
They finally have a team that isn’t sole reliant on Aaron Judge’s performance.
Soto carried them throughout April while Judge worked his way out of his slump.
Now that they’re both going the team is virtually unstoppable.
This team is a joy to watch and really fucking good.
Just stay healthy and dominate.
