Aaron Judge Batting First in the Order ?

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by mrreality68

Yes he is and times are changing. Not the same as when Ricky Henderson was your prototype for a lead off player (and to me the greatest lead off player of all time)

I think Rickey's still the prototype, and would be the prototype in any era. Maybe not the Willie Wilson's and Vince Coleman's of the world anymore, but Rickey wasn't just a slap-hitter with speed. He was an OBP machine, with a little bit of pop.

Judge would have 150+ RBI's right now with a somewhat prime version of Rickey hitting ahead of him.

[packs]

Yankees have a weak bottom third so if they do get on Judge can knock them all in.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

I think Rickey's still the prototype, and would be the prototype in any era. Maybe not the Willie Wilson's and Vince Coleman's of the world anymore, but Rickey wasn't just a slap-hitter with speed. He was an OBP machine, with a little bit of pop.

Judge would have 150+ RBI's right now with a somewhat prime version of Rickey hitting ahead of him.

+1 agree Ricky can hit for power, get on base and steal a run

And if judge had some people getting on base more regularly in front of him judge would have a lot more RBI’s

Regardless where they play him in the lineup or in the outfield Judge is showing he can do it all

[insidethewrapper]

Alonzo has more RBI's with his 40 HRS than Judge with 61. Could you imagine Judge's RBI's if he was batting 3rd or 4th ? I still think the Yanks are leaving a lot of runs on the table.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

Alonzo has more RBI's with his 40 HRS than Judge with 61. Could you imagine Judge's RBI's if he was batting 3rd or 4th ? I still think the Yanks are leaving a lot of runs on the table.

He also has 38 more runs scored then Alonso. I think they need to get him as many at bats as possible with that lineup. Alonso has several more guys who get on base at a decent clip in front of him, then Judge has at his disposal on a day to day basis.

[packs]

Alonso only has one more RBI than Judge does and his RBI stats come with a whole lot of down grades everywhere else compared to Judge.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by packs

Alonso only has one more RBI than Judge does and his RBI stats come with a whole lot of down grades everywhere else compared to Judge.

I was wondering what I was missing. Judge has 130 RBI's on the year, even with his spot in the batting order.

[D. Bergin]

I don't think he was comparing Alonso to Judge. Just RBI opportunities.

Would love to have Alonso batting behind Judge, and protecting him a lot more then he is right now.

[clydepepper]

Alonso has three hitters in front of him that have OBPs in the neighborhood of or over .350 and lead-off hitters only bat lead-off in the first inning...assuming the opposing pitcher isn't throwing a perfect game.


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[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by insidethewrapper

Alonzo has more RBI's with his 40 HRS than Judge with 61. Could you imagine Judge's RBI's if he was batting 3rd or 4th ? I still think the Yanks are leaving a lot of runs on the table.

+1 Agree