"The best strikeout rate in autumn baseball history." 58 home run MVP was such a bird's-chest... "Compared to Otani."
"The best strikeout rate in autumn baseball history." 58 home run MVP was such a bird's-chest... "Compared to Otani."
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I had no idea it would be so new to me. Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees, a former MVP of the regular season, lost his face by setting a humiliating record.
Judge started as the third batter and center fielder in Game 2 of the 2024 Major League Baseball (MLB) postseason American League Division Series against the Kansas City Royals at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York on the 8th (Korea time) and recorded one hit, one walk, and one strikeout in three at-bats.
With the central hitter silent, the New York Yankees came from behind to lose to the Kansas City Royals 2-4, tying the series with one win and one loss. Following three strikeouts and no hits in four at-bats in the first game, Judge displayed lackluster performance on the day.
He set a disgraceful record from his first at bat. In the bottom of the first inning, the Yankees had a chance to hit the first and second bases with no outs, as Gleyber Torres and Juan Soto walked consecutively. However, Judge displayed swinging of his bat from Kansas City starter Col Lagans' second pitch, and was struck out swinging without hitting the ball three times in a row.
It was Judge's 70th strikeout since 2017. "With this strikeout, Judge posted a strikeout rate of 34.3 percent, the highest among players who have played at least 200 times at bat in the postseason," explained MLB.com , the official website of Major League Baseball.
Afterwards, he displayed little performance. At the bottom of the third inning, he was out after hitting a fly ball to the right field with one out. At the bottom of the fifth inning, he got a walk from Angel Xerpa, a changed pitcher, but was out when Austin Wells had a double play. He had a hit for the first time at the bottom of the eighth inning when the Yankees were losing 1-4, but even this one had to come to the dugout due to Giancarlo Stanton's double play.
Judge's overall postseason record is 0.208 (37 hits in 178 at-bats), 13 homers, 25 RBIs and 70 strikeouts, and an on-base percentage of 0.311, a slugging percentage of 0.449 OPS of 0.760. He has participated in 13 series over the past seven years, but has continued to show weak performance on big stages.
Excluding two RBIs in four at-bats against the Minnesota Twins in 2017 and two RBIs in three at-bats against the Oakland Athletics in 2018, the record falls further to 0.193.
Considering Judge's performance during the regular season, it is definitely a disappointing fall baseball performance. Judge, who played his first full-time season in 2017, appeared like a comet, ranking second in the Rookie of the Year and MVP with 52 home runs and 114 RBIs. In 2022, Judge won his first MVP with 62 home runs and 131 RBIs, and this year, he is on the verge of becoming his second career MVP, marking a batting average of 0.322 (180 hits in 559) with 58 home runs and 144 RBIs in 158 games and a 0.458 on-base percentage of 0.701 OPS 1.159.
Shohei Ohtani (30, LA Dodgers), who played an outstanding role even though it was his first fall baseball season, was even more comparable. Ohtani led the LA Dodgers to a 7-5 victory with two hits, three RBIs and two runs from five times at bat, including a tie-breaking three-run first game in the 2024 Major League National League Division Series (NLDS) against the San Diego Padres on the 6th. 안전놀이터
It was the first time that the Los Angeles Dodgers, founded in 1884, won even though they started the postseason by giving up three runs in the first inning. "The Dodgers lost 0-14 in the postseason while trailing by three runs in the first inning," said Sarah Lang, a statistical expert on the Major League's official website MLB.com . "Of those 14 times, there were no games that Ohtani played, but there were today (sixth)," she said, noting Ohtani's performance.
In the comparable performance, some U.S. baseball fans flocked to the SNS of another major league analyst, Ben Verlander, who introduced Judge's record of No. 1 postseason strikeout rate, and left harsh comments, such as "October's Judge is here," "Jersey is not MVP," and "Jersey disappears every playoff."