Aaron Judge creating invaluable Yankees edge where rest of MLB is struggling

Aaron Judge is invaluable to nan Yankees. But what if I told you moreover much truthful than you mightiness realize.

Because we are watching a convention successful which righties are having much problem hitting lefty pitching than astatine immoderate clip successful caller history. And too everything other Judge does brilliantly, he is conscionable destroying lefties and helping nan Yankees create an separator successful an area wherever truthful galore are struggling.

Judge had 29 sheet appearances against lefties (all stats are entering nan weekend) and, though that is not a immense sample size, he has stuffed a batch of harm into it — including 5 homers, 3 doubles and 7 walks — frankincense a .500/.621/1.273 slash statement and 1.893 OPS.

That helped Judge move his profession OPS against lefties to 1.052, which was seventh-best all-time (minimum 1,000 sheet appearances against lefties) down 5 Hall of Famers: Jimmie Foxx, Babe Ruth, Frank Thomas, Hank Greenberg and Joe DiMaggio, positive Manny Ramírez.