{"id":346836,"date":"2021-10-01T08:04:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T05:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/aaron-judge-keeps-showing-yankees-just-how-much-hes-worth\/"},"modified":"2021-10-01T08:04:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T05:04:44","slug":"aaron-judge-keeps-showing-yankees-just-how-much-hes-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/aaron-judge-keeps-showing-yankees-just-how-much-hes-worth\/","title":{"rendered":"#Aaron Judge keeps showing Yankees just how much he&#8217;s worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Aaron Judge keeps showing Yankees just how much he&#8217;s worth<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/ken-davidoff.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Ken Davidoff\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/ken-davidoff.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/ken-davidoff.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>He won\u2019t be the American League Most Valuable Player. Won\u2019t finish second either, and you can\u2019t rule out him finishing out of the top five altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Yet seemingly with every <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> he plays, Aaron Judge moves toward two mighty consolation prizes.<\/p>\n<p>One, a championship for the Yankees, has a ways to go, even after Judge led them to a 6-2 victory over the Blue Jays Thursday night, a significant step forward. As for the other, how can the Yankees not seriously discuss a long-term deal with him after this virtuoso display of value?<\/p>\n<p>The behemoth slugged a pair of solo, tape-measure homers over likely American League Cy Young Award winner Robbie Ray of the Jays, and just to round out things, he made a run-saving, diving catch in right field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a superstar,\u201d Anthony Rizzo, who delivered a vital home run himself, said of Judge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s playing like the great player that he is right now when we need him the most,\u201d Aaron Boone said.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the Red Sox falling to the Orioles, 6-2 down in Baltimore, the Yankees (91-68) find themselves in a very good spot as they return home to finish their regular-season schedule with three games against the Rays, who already have clinched the AL\u2019s top seed for the playoffs: One more win assures them of a tie-breaking contest on Monday. Two more gets them home-field advantage in the Oct. 5 AL wild-card game.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/1235614231.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Yankees\" class=\"wp-image-19652896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/1235614231.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/1235614231.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/1235614231.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Aaron Judge rounds the bases after one of his two home runs. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It would be a far hairier landscape for the Yankees had they not toughed this one out behind Judge, who you might recall is playing with a dislocated left pinky that he suffered Sunday night at Fenway Park, one of the Yankees\u2019 five wins during a six-game tour of Boston and Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGood, I guess,\u201d Judge said, in assessing the week in which the Yankees revived their season once again. \u201cI wish it was 6-0.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t have everything, even as Judge has given the Yankees virtually everything. He has lifted the Yankees from all ways, at all times, his excellent statistics (39 home runs and a .923 OPS) compiled not in bursts and halts like his memorable rookie season of 2017 but rather consistently through this rigorous campaign, the only zero on his ledger being the number of visits to the injured list.<\/p>\n<p>        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Podcast\" width=\"100%\" height=\"188px\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/pinstripe-pod\/willyankeesgetawildcardspot-feat.kendavidoff?accentColor=2a2a2a&amp;bgColor=f6f6f6&amp;font-family=proxima%20nova&amp;logo=false&amp;secondaryColor=cc3333\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n        <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On this night, with the Yankees facing a notable disadvantage in the starting pitching matchup, Judge got his guys on the board first with a two-out, mammoth blast to center \u2014 measured at 455 feet, his longest of the season \u2014 on the first pitch he saw from Ray, a fastball.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201c[I was] going up there with an aggressive mindset,\u201d Judge said. \u201cAnything over the plate, I was going to try to do some damage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Corey Kluber pitched admirably against the Jays\u2019 dangerous lineup, mixing and moving his stuff, this version of Kluber can\u2019t get by without a little help from his friends. So in the bottom of the second, with one run already in and Corey Dickerson on second, Judge dove to snare a flare to short right field by Santiago Espinal, a shot with an expected batting average of .610 thanks to its remote location.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a really good outfielder. On top of that, that pinky on his glove hand probably isn\u2019t feeling great after making a diving catch like that,\u201d Kluber said. \u201cBut that\u2019s the kind of player he is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, I was kind of picturing in my head, \u2018This could be the ballgame right here. I\u2019ve gotta go out there and make the play,\u2019 \u201d Judge said. \u201cLuckily, I was able to get it in time and secure it. The pinky held on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And the 2-1 lead the Jays took in the fifth, on a Vladimir Guerrero Jr. double that hit the top of the center-field wall, didn\u2019t hold on because the Yankees went back-to-back in the sixth, Judge following Rizzo\u2019s game-tying blast with a 441-foot laser to center field, his second tie-breaking dinger of the night. Gleyber Torres soon added a two-run blast to create some breathing room for the Yankees\u2019 stellar bullpen.<\/p>\n<p>My, how far the Yankees have come in this nutso season. How far Judge has come in that same time, reporting to spring training as the guy who couldn\u2019t stay on the field and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roaching this last regular-season lap as the club\u2019s best and most popular player.<\/p>\n<p>We can hash out the numbers later. With Judge a year away from free agency, though, he has turned himself into the Most Valuable Yankee. Which <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly pays pretty well.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Won\u2019t finish second either, and you can\u2019t rule out him finishing out of the top five altogether. Yet seemingly with every game he plays, Aaron Judge moves toward two mighty consolation prizes. 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