The New York Yankees are like no other team in the history of baseball. The Yankees have a historic and memorable franchise that never will be remembered as the greatest baseball team of the 20th century. The franchise holds some of the most incredible players to ever play baseball, such as Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, and Lou Gehrig just to name a few, yet the New York Yankees continuing their greatness through the players that take the field in present day. People always say “History repeats itself,” and Aaron Judge is living proof. With the most home runs ever hit by a rookie, to the only rookie to win the home run derby, Aaron Judge is showing his skill early on. As a fantastic Yankee, Aaron Judge could become another great Yankee thats goes …show more content…
Aaron Judge stands at a towering 6 foot 7 inches and weighs 282 pounds. For a man of his size, he was born to hit baseballs over the wall. His burst of home runs started early. Fearing it was beginner's luck by fans, he stayed on the low for a period of time. When the home runs continued coming, he was not only noticed, but he was idolized. Aaron Judge became famous for his home runs to the point that people tuned in while he was at bat to see whether he would hit one out of the park. Aaron Judge finished off his rookie season with an incredible 52 home runs. This was the second highest home run count in the 2017 season. Aaron judge even broke the record for most home runs ever hit by a rookie. Along with this, Aaron Judge went along to the 2017 home run derby, and played incredibly. That night he became the youngest player to ever win the home run derby. With this, Aaron Judge is clearly very talented in the subject of hitting home …show more content…
The facts are undeniable, and Judge was the strikeout leader of 2017, yet there are reasons and other strong suits to make up for this. To clarify, many big hitters have a high strikeout count. This can easily be explained by saying that the harder the swing is, the less accurate it will be compared to the ball. For home run hitters, they are mainly swinging with full force in attempt for a home run. This explains why Aaron Judge, the home run leader of the 2017 Yankees, had such a high amount of strikeouts. Proof of this is stated in Nick Doran’s, “Good Hitters Strike Out More Often Than Bad Hitters Do.” In this article he states, “Babe Ruth held the all-time record for career strikeouts for 35 years.” Babe Ruth is considered to be one of the best baseball players to ever live, even while he held the strikeout record. When people claim, “Aaron Judge just strikes out at the plate,” the only thing they are proving is that Judge is following the footsteps of another baseball