Outrageous premise for a thread, I know. But this guy has the bat speed, power and ability to stay on the ball, like nothing I've ever seen....ever. Yes, give it some time but jeez, special player in the Bronx and the ceiling is where? He might just be getting started, hence the Ruthian comparison.
OT: Is Aaron Judge the second coming of Babe Ruth?
- Thread starter chase07470
- Start date
He wouldn't even start on a certain posters little league team
Yawn.
I see you ran away like a little girl when you were proven wrong yet again.
Huddy-"Wahhhhh, no one in my crap town can pitch fast so no one must be able to, wahhhhhhh."
Great player. Made a lot of important adjustments. Lets see him play a whole season first.
Proven? Lol
You can't even figure out that vkj is arguing against your point by highlighting that one of the best 12 year old pitchers on the east coast touches 70-72. You actually replied back with "see."
And he screen shot some of your comments from the other conversation and that kid's father, who runs a premiere facility in north jersey, called you a "f@cking moron."
From a 2011 bleacher article: "This week on "Remember When…." We are going all the way back to the early Nineties when a 25 year-old kid came up for half a season to turn the Yankee faithful into believers. Kevin Maas was going to be the next Babe Ruth.
In the middle of 1990, the Yankees called up Maas when Don Mattingly went down with back problems. The home run spree started in his 15th at-bat, from then he hit nine more in 62 at-bats! Maas tied a major league record with 12 home runs in his first 100 at-bats."
Maas career
1990. 79 games. 21. HR
1991. 143 games 23 HR
1993 98 games. 11 HR
1994 59 games 9 HR
1995 22 games 1 HR
Take it easy, remember Kevin Maas?
From a 2011 bleacher article: "This week on "Remember When…." We are going all the way back to the early Nineties when a 25 year-old kid came up for half a season to turn the Yankee faithful into believers. Kevin Maas was going to be the next Babe Ruth.
In the middle of 1990, the Yankees called up Maas when Don Mattingly went down with back problems. The home run spree started in his 15th at-bat, from then he hit nine more in 62 at-bats! Maas tied a major league record with 12 home runs in his first 100 at-bats."
Maas career
1990. 79 games. 21. HR
1991. 143 games 23 HR
1993 98 games. 11 HR
1994 59 games 9 HR
1995 22 games 1 HR
Thank you so much for keeping things in perspective!
what Judge will become is an unknown - but remember that the often overlooked aspect of Ruth's career & of his mystique is that he spent 6 years as a great pitcher (89-46 with a 2.19 ERA) before becoming the Sultan of Swat
Take it easy, remember Kevin Maas?
From a 2011 bleacher article: "This week on "Remember When…." We are going all the way back to the early Nineties when a 25 year-old kid came up for half a season to turn the Yankee faithful into believers. Kevin Maas was going to be the next Babe Ruth.
In the middle of 1990, the Yankees called up Maas when Don Mattingly went down with back problems. The home run spree started in his 15th at-bat, from then he hit nine more in 62 at-bats! Maas tied a major league record with 12 home runs in his first 100 at-bats."
Maas career
1990. 79 games. 21. HR
1991. 143 games 23 HR
1993 98 games. 11 HR
1994 59 games 9 HR
1995 22 games 1 HR
And then there was Shane Spencer. 10 home runs in 67 AB in 1998, with a stat line of 411 /910/1.321
With young kids once teams find holes in their swings they attack and exploit them. The great ones eliminate those holes.
6'7" 280 he has a chance to be special with his bat speed, swing control and hand eye coordination
Needs to cut down on K's though surprised he's hitting 330's with so many K's
6'7" 280 he has a chance to be special with his bat speed, swing control and hand eye coordination
Needs to cut down on K's though surprised he's hitting 330's with so many K's
Last edited:
One of the best pitchers on the East Coast.
Yeah, OK.
What premier facility would this be?
You guys should be talking about Shohei Ohtani, the Japanese player who could truly be the next Ruth. Amazing pitcher, who throws over 100 mph, and hitter, with incredible power. Possibly coming to MLB in the next year or two. I hope so.
https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/04/06/shohei-ohtani
https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/04/06/shohei-ohtani
Well, did Judge have a hitting coach at the age of 6? If no, he is total crap!
Also, there's a two-way stud that plays for Louisville and is about to get drafted.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/...laze-trail-draft-major-leagues-two-way-player
And at this stage Ron still has the better catch in right field. Higher Stakes too.He reminds me a lot like Ron Swoboda,
Ah yes, thank you for reminding everyone why yankees fans are so annoying. He is having a good rookie season. Cant you just leave it at that?
To put it in perspective for those who know the stadium. He hit it over the bleachers in Left Center up where the retired numbers are on the wall.
I saw a 60 Minutes segment on Ohtani. The bidding war on him will be interesting. Hopefully, he'll continue pitching and hitting when he plays in the states.
Because Met Fans never get carried away. Oh wait their entire pitching staff was suppose to be the full of 20 game winners yet none of them can start 30 games in a season.
Sanchez is actually having an all-star quality season if you look. He leads AL catchers in HR. 3rd in RBI's and 5th in BA.
There was Linsanity in NBA. I recall when Eagles Nick Foles was going to be epic QB since he had few INTs. Heck I remember when Chad Pennington was "going to be great" until rest of NFL realized he had no arm. I don't even want to go into Gerry Cooney. I hope Judge is for real but haven't even had first official day of summer yet
And here's why Yankee haters are annoying. A "good rookie year..." He leads MLB in just about every offensive category. He's setting records for the most historic franchise in MLB history. I'm not sending him to Cooperstown yet but he's been the best player in baseball not named Trout
Take it easy, remember Kevin Maas?
From a 2011 bleacher article: "This week on "Remember When…." We are going all the way back to the early Nineties when a 25 year-old kid came up for half a season to turn the Yankee faithful into believers. Kevin Maas was going to be the next Babe Ruth.
In the middle of 1990, the Yankees called up Maas when Don Mattingly went down with back problems. The home run spree started in his 15th at-bat, from then he hit nine more in 62 at-bats! Maas tied a major league record with 12 home runs in his first 100 at-bats."
Maas career
1990. 79 games. 21. HR
1991. 143 games 23 HR
1993 98 games. 11 HR
1994 59 games 9 HR
1995 22 games 1 HR
Only a valid comparison on the very surface. Maas could not hit a curveball. Once the AL pitchers found out, his production went to next to zero. With Judge, however, American League pitchers have not found any holes or weaknesses. He is crushing the ball no matter what types of off speed or fastball pitches they throw.
Last edited:
There's a lot of truth to that but even if he ends up closer to Shane Spencer than Mickey Mantle this is still a fun ride.
Seems really impressive so far. Quite a job by Yankee management to building a very good and young team so quickly. I'm not a Yankee fan, but you have to give credit where due. Could be a dangerous team for a long time with some of the younger guys they have assembled.