It's simple. Aaron Judge is the best baseball player of my generation so far. Never have we seen this type of talent from a man who comes in at 6'8. He's a 5 tool player and succeeds at every single one of the things he is asked to do, except negotiating a new contract.
As I write this, Judge is currently sitting at 60 homers tied with Babe Ruth for the second-most all time in the AL and two shy of breaking Maris's record. Oh and the by the way, he's the front runner for triple crown and learned a whole new position midseason. Yeah, he can do it all.
It baffles me that pitchers still pitch to Judge and do not pitch around the man. Obviously he's not going to hit a home run every time, but he still has one of the highest average's in the league and can get on base whenever you need him to.
There's not many guys who come up to bat which you can say to yourself, he's getting on base. That guy is Aaron Judge. Whether it's a homer, base hit, or walk, whatever it is he's getting on. He steals bases, hits bombs, makes web gems, and does everything else to his fullest extent you ask him to do.
The chase for 62 is the biggest event that baseball has had in the regular season for a very long time. When people who do not watch baseball and are now paying attention to this chase, you know it is a big deal. The fact that Judge has the chance to tie Maris and break his record against the Red Sox is a situation that was meant to be. Maris hit 61 against the Red Sox as well.
He came into the season telling the entire baseball world he is going to bet on himself and boy did he ever set the perfect example of someone betting on themselves and succeeding. For a guy who's injury prone and has never completed a full season without getting hurt in his brief couple of years in the big leagues, this was the first year we saw a full Aaron Judge and what a show it has been.
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