Aaron Judge CF/RF/DH NYY Thu 9/26/24 11:59 PM
Aaron Judge
CF/RF/DH NYY
Judge went 1-for-2 with a two-run home run, two walks and an additional run scored in Thursday's 10-1 win over the Orioles.
EDGE Analysis
Judge homered for the fifth game in a row, giving him 58 long balls on the year. He's driven in eight runs during his sudden power surge, which has him within striking distance of his second 60-homer season if he can keep it going during this weekend's three-game series versus the Pirates. Judge has added a .325/.461/.708 slash line with 144 RBI, 122 runs scored, 36 doubles and 10 stolen bases over 157 contests in an MVP-caliber campaign.
Aaron Judge CF/RF/DH NYY Thu 9/26/24 9:54 AM
Aaron Judge
CF/RF/DH NYY
Judge went 2-for-4 with a walk and a three-run home run in Wednesday's 9-7 loss to the Orioles.
EDGE Analysis
He made things interesting by taking Matt Bowman deep in the ninth inning, but the Yankees' magic number for clinching an AL East title remains stuck at 1. Judge has homered in four straight games, pushing him up to 56 on the year, and over his last 15 contests he's slashing .360/.508/.780 with six long balls, 11 runs and 17 RBI. With four games left on the schedule for the Yankees, Judge's late-season surge has kept open the possibility that he'll reach 60 homers for the second time in his career.
Aaron Judge CF/RF/DH NYY Tue 9/24/24 10:34 PM
Aaron Judge
CF/RF/DH NYY
Judge went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to Baltimore.
EDGE Analysis
The former MVP took starter Dean Kremer deep in the fourth inning, launching a 407-foot solo shot to center field, marking the third consecutive game he's gone yard. Judge has picked up the homer pace over the past 10 games, as he's hitting .387 (12-for-31) with five long balls, three doubles, nine runs scored and 13 RBI over that span. In what is bound to be another hardware-filled season for the 32-year-old, he is now slashing .323/.459/.699 with 56 homers, 119 runs scored, 139 RBI and 10 steals in 690 plate appearances.
Aaron Judge CF/RF/DH NYY Sun 9/22/24 7:16 PM
Aaron Judge
CF/RF/DH NYY
Judge went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, a double, two walks and two total runs scored in Sunday's 7-4 win over the Athletics.
EDGE Analysis
Judge is up to 55 homers this season, with four of them coming over his last nine games. In that span, he's added 12 RBI, three doubles and two stolen bases while going 11-for-28 (.393). The star outfielder is up to a .323/.458/.695 slash line with 138 RBI, 118 runs scored, 10 stolen bases and 36 doubles over 154 games in one of the best years of his career. A potential return to the 60-homer mark would be tough to pull off with just six games left.
Aaron Judge CF/RF/DH NYY Sun 9/22/24 10:55 AM
Aaron Judge
CF/RF/DH NYY
Judge went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, an additional run and a walk in a 10-0 win against the Athletics on Saturday.
EDGE Analysis
Judge's long ball was a 425-foot solo shot to center field in the seventh inning. It was his 54th home run of the season, two ahead of Shohei Ohtani for the major-league lead. Judge also leads the majors with 137 RBI and 127 walks while slashing .321/.456/.688, making him the frontrunner for AL MVP honors.
Aaron Judge CF/RF/DH NYY Fri 9/20/24 12:24 AM
Aaron Judge
CF/RF/DH NYY
Judge went 1-for-3 with a walk, a run and a stolen base in Thursday's loss to Seattle.
EDGE Analysis
Judge had a relatively quiet game by his standards, but he did reach a personal milestone with his 10th theft of the campaign. It's just the second time in nine big-league seasons that the slugger has reached that mark. Judge's career high in stolen bases in a campaign is 16, which he established in 2022 during the season in which he also set an American League record with 62 home runs.
Aaron Judge CF/RF/DH NYY Wed 9/18/24 10:51 AM
Aaron Judge
CF/RF/DH NYY
Judge went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, four RBI and a run scored in Tuesday's win over the Mariners.
EDGE Analysis
Judge plated all four of his runs in the first two innings with a double in the first and a single in the second to give him his second four-RBI effort in his last four games and fifth such game of the year. Judge is now up to 136 RBI for the season, which is 26 more than anyone else in the league (Shohei Ohtani follows him with 110). Judge seems destined for another MVP season with a slash line of .323/.456/.692 with 53 homers, 113 runs, nine steals and a 123:160 BB:K in 664 plate appearances. Judges 123 walks currently lead baseball as well, as he's got two more than teammate Juan Soto.
Aaron Judge CF/RF/DH NYY Sun 9/15/24 8:39 PM
Aaron Judge
CF/RF/DH NYY
Judge went 1-for-2 with a two-run home run, two walks and a stolen base Sunday against the Red Sox.
EDGE Analysis
After going 16 games without a homer, Judge has now hit two over the past three games to reach 53 on the season. Judge also added his ninth stolen base, marking the second time this year he's gone yard and swiped a bag in the same game. While he's fallen off the pace to reach 60 home runs, all it will take is one of his patented hot streaks to challenge that threshold for the second time in his career. Through 148 games, Judge is slashing .321/.453/.687 with 53 homers, 132 RBI, 112 runs, nine steals and 122 walks across 659 plate appearances.
Aaron Judge CF/RF/DH NYY Fri 9/13/24 11:21 PM
Aaron Judge
CF/RF/DH NYY
Judge went 2-for-3 with a grand slam and a walk in Friday's win over the Yankees.
EDGE Analysis
Judge was stuck in the longest power slump of his career, going 16 straight games since his last homer Aug. 25. He finally broke out of it with a go-ahead grand slam in the seventh inning. It was his 52nd home run of the year and 18th since the All-Star break. Despite the recent slump, Judge is slashing .321/.455/.688 with 130 RBI and 86 extra-base hits through 146 games.
Aaron Judge CF/RF/DH NYY Sun 9/8/24 9:38 AM
Aaron Judge
CF/RF/DH NYY
Judge went 0-for-3 with a walk, a run and a stolen base in Saturday's 2-0 win against the Cubs.
EDGE Analysis
That's 11 straight contests without a long ball for Judge, who slugged seven homers in six games prior to the sudden power outage. The 11-game homerless stretch is the longest of the campaign for the star outfielder and has stalled his pursuit of a second career 60-homer season, though his ability to get hot and tally long balls in bunches puts the accomplishment still within reach. Judge has struggled as a whole during the power drought, slashing .175/.327/.250 with a 34.7 percent strikeout rate, though he does have three doubles, three RBI and two stolen bases.