Aaron Judge

[JoeDfan]

Hahahaha. That is awesome.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Judge shows you how good he is when you compare him to Bellinger and the Dodgers. Look at all those Left on Base the Dodgers left in scoring postion. How many did Judge leave.

In addition as far as other games more than making up a bad part of the season making the bad part mean zero

Just look at George Springer

first game 0-4 four K's thats 1 out of 7 games. About the same ratio as the Judge slump for the month or so versus the entire year.

Does the 0-4 matter for Springer? 4 Ks? Nah he still won MVP...

got to go by the whole season or Series....

[scott6649]

Just wanted to get everyone ready for the MVP topps now cards a little early...

[ullmandds]

Originally Posted by scott6649

Just wanted to get everyone ready for the MVP topps now cards a little early...

ouch!!!!! I think the pose with judges hands on his head should have the runner up caption!

[frankbmd]

Jose can you see, Gosh, half an Altuve looks even smaller.

Jake, keep in touch next season.

Was George Springer ever mentioned as the second coming of Babe Ruth? No.

Would Houston have won the series without their third, fourth and fifth starters (who compared favorably to Kershaw and Darvish in the WS) ? No

I realize that all your predictions can be and will be rationalized, but I’m sort of glad they went ahead and played the games. Great series.

I, for one, hope Judge has a better year in 2018 and that Kershaw’s back problems do not curtail his fine career to date.

I don’t think it has been mentioned here before, but I think a team should have to use the players that got them them through the whole season in the playoffs. When late season pickups play a significant role in September and October (aka Verlander and Darvish), it just doesn’t seem right to me.

[MattyC]

A rookie is runner-up for MVP while setting the rookie HR mark? Awesome.

[yanksfan09]

Originally Posted by MattyC

A rookie is runner-up for MVP while setting the rookie HR mark? Awesome.

Yea, unbelievably impressive!

And just think about this, I had this thought this morning.

What if it had been Mike Trout who put up the exact stat line that Aaron Judge did this year. Say Trout hadn't been hurt and had a breakout power year for him with the other numbers in Judges stat line....

155games 542ab 128 Runs 52 HR 114RBI (2nd in LG) 127 Walks 9 SB .284 avg .422 OBP(2nd in LG) .627 SLG (2nd in LG) 1.049 OPS (2nd in LG)

That is an absolutely dominant statistical year for a power hitter.

Yes... I know he lead league in strikeouts as well. But can anyone truthfully tell me if the person who put up the above stat line's last name was Trout that he would not be MVP?

Altuve was great and also deserving, not saying he's not I just think the voters put a lot of emphasis on past track records and service time and player name recognition etc... in their voting.

I just think if Trout had put up Judges exact stat, setting a new HR mark for himself with all those great other numbers, there wouldn't likely be much debate. Leading League in HR, R, and Walks etc...

I think Altuve will win this year and is equally deserving. But I also feel that voters are taking into account him leading the lg in hits last few seasons and them also likely thinking that it's Altuves chance with Trout getting hurt this year. Almost like it's his turn.

Again, Altuve had a great year , I'd like to see a co-MVP this year but obviously won't happen. I tip my cap to Altuve and Astros. Hopefully the Yankees can make some noise again next year!

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Jose can you see, Gosh, half an Altuve looks even smaller.

Jake, keep in touch next season.

Was George Springer ever mentioned as the second coming of Babe Ruth? No.

Would Houston have won the series without their third, fourth and fifth starters (who compared favorably to Kershaw and Darvish in the WS) ? No

I realize that all your predictions can be and will be rationalized, but I’m sort of glad they went ahead and played the games. Great series.

I, for one, hope Judge has a better year in 2018 and that Kershaw’s back problems do not curtail his fine career to date.

I don’t think it has been mentioned here before, but I think a team should have to use the players that got them them through the whole season in the playoffs. When late season pickups play a significant role in September and October (aka Verlander and Darvish), it just doesn’t seem right to me.

Cbapman was picked up by cubs last year...thats par for the course in terms of late additions....

Im glad they played the games as well and i think you were proven wrong on almost everything. The dodgers showed the 2nd half losing streak against NL teams meant zero..they marched all the way to the world series and got it to 7 games..

amazing astros have guys like jake marisnick and a few others that were hurt that can be very important next year..

I hated Darvish as well...said didnt want hiim to start game 7..after game 4..

but he as the #2 starter decided it for the dodgers..and lost....kershaw didnt lose the series at all..

Houston had one of the most dynamic offenses in history...we will look back on their lineup from 2017 and be amazed they had all those players...more than what we do when we look at the expo teams..

I didnt care about Judge winning any awards....you were all over him for the postseason but he had a pretty good post season..i not sure how many runners in scoring position he failed to drive in but it wasnt many if any...

You cant discount what a great year Judge had.....i dont think hes matt nokes....i am going to take a wild guess and say Judge wont match or have a better year than he did this year...if he has another year thats equal or better to this year....it will be the greatest 2 years any player has ever had or at least arguably...without the use of drugs..

[Jdoggs]

Judge's card values peaked at the all star break and have gone down since. Will his card values ever go pack to their peaks last July? Time will tell.