Present position:Juan Soto is having a career year, even if Yankees teammate Aaron Judge is overshadowing him >>Text
Juan Soto is having a career year, even if Yankees teammate Aaron Judge is overshadowing him
Credit Card Protection Policies1397Have read
About Juan Soto is having a career year, even if Yankees teammate Aaron Judge is overshadowing him ...
Juan Soto is having a career year, even if Yankees teammate Aaron Judge is overshadowing him
Soto has leveled up just before he's set to hit free agency
By Mike Axisa • 6 min readBy almost any measure, New York Yankees star Aaron Judge has been the best hitter in baseball in 2024. Entering play Tuesday, Judge is hitting .322 and has eight more home runs than any other player. He has a 19-point lead in on-base percentage, a 70-point lead in slugging percentage, a 122-point lead in OPS, and a 32-point lead in OPS+. Judge is 1 of 1.
One of the few hitters comparable to Judge these days is his teammate, Juan Soto. Soto is the only other qualified hitter in baseball whose on-base percentage starts with a 4 (.437), and he's top five in batting average (.310), slugging percentage (.598), OPS (1.035), and OPS+ (187). Soto is having one of the best offensive seasons by a Yankee in the Expansion Era (since 1961):
- 2024 Aaron Judge:217 OPS+
- 2022 Aaron Judge:210 OPS+
- 1961 Mickey Mantle:206 OPS+
- 1962 Mickey Mantle:195 OPS+
- 2024 Juan Soto:187 OPS+
"He's been carrying this team all year," Judge told ESPN about Soto in June. "And anytime you go up against good teams like this and fans pay to come see us do our thing, they want to see the best out there."
Judge is the greatest offensive force in the game, so much so that he was intentionally walked with the bases empty in the second inning this past Saturday. Soto, despite being so good and such a high profile player, is playing second fiddle to Judge. I can't imagine there have been many times in Soto's life when he's been the second-best hitter on his own team.
Tags:
Reprinted :Welcome friends to share to the network, but please explain the source of the article“Credit Card Protection Policies”。http://aqntz.feilaokan.com/ah90d3.html
Related articles
2023 WNBA Sixth Player of the Year: Aces' Alysha Clark earns honor for first time
Juan Soto is having a career year, even if Yankees teammate Aaron Judge is overshadowing him2023 WNBA Sixth Player of the Year: Aces' Alysha Clark earns honor for first time Clark has b...
Read more
Washington Mystics hold on for nail
Juan Soto is having a career year, even if Yankees teammate Aaron Judge is overshadowing himWashington Mystics hold on for nail-biting victory over Chicago Sky, their second straight win of 20...
Read more
Caitlin Clark told her coach Team USA 'woke a monster' by not picking her for Olympic team
Juan Soto is having a career year, even if Yankees teammate Aaron Judge is overshadowing himCaitlin Clark told her coach Team USA 'woke a monster' by not picking her for Olympic team Th...
Read more
Top Article
- 2024 NBA Draft: Caleb Love withdraws, will return to Arizona for its first season in Big 12
- NBA free agency: Knicks agree to one
- Knicks sign Tom Thibodeau to contract extension through 2027
- Caitlin Clark takes hard foul: WNBA hands out Flagrant 1 after reviewing cheap shot against Clark
- 2024 WNBA Draft Lottery: Which team needs the No. 1 overall pick the most?
- 2024 WNBA All
Latest News
Why Caitlin Clark's roller
Team USA Basketball: Four NBA players who could improve 3x3 men's team at 2024 Olympics
NBA schedule: Mavs' Klay Thompson returning to face Warriors among best homecoming games for 2024
Inside Out 2 Was the Hit Pixar Needed, but the Laid
Liberty vs. Sun: How Connecticut's defense shut down Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu in Game 1
WNBA to begin using charter flights on full