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- Harper vs. Stanton. Ichiro vs. MadBum? Picking the perfect Aaron Judge-less Home Run Derby field5yBuster Olney
- American League
- Aaron Judge wins Home Run Derby in jaw-dropping fashion
- Defending champ Aaron Judge won't be part of 2018 Home Run Derby
- Gerrit Cole’s dips are a nine-figure Yankees issue — now it could be the same for Aaron Judge
Now he’s capping his breakout first half with the one thing every baseball fan wants to see — Judge in the Derby, the first step toward a potential showdown with Giancarlo Stanton. Connecting on the winning homer with one second left on the clock, Bellinger advanced to the semifinals of the Home Run Derby with a win over Blackmon on Monday night. Judge leads MLB with 30 home runs, and had plenty of support in the crowd from Yankees fans wearing the English-style white judge’s wigs. But he needed a monster effort to beat Bour, who delighted his home crowd with quite a show — 22 homers, and one doughnut eaten in a time-out.
Ron Marinaccio, who earned his first win in Friday night’s 13th inning, made his first back-to-back appearance in the big leagues. The right-hander from Toms River, N.J., pitched a scoreless eighth inning. Lucas Luetge, who saved the Yankees in Thursday’s come-from-behind win in Minneapolis Thursday after Gerrit Cole imploded, came in to finish the Cubs off.
Harper vs. Stanton. Ichiro vs. MadBum? Picking the perfect Aaron Judge-less Home Run Derby field5yBuster Olney
September 14, 2018 New York Yankees activated RF Aaron Judge from the 10-day injured list. June 21, 2019 New York Yankees activated RF Aaron Judge from the 10-day injured list. August 14, 2020 New York Yankees placed RF Aaron Judge on the 10-day injured list retroactive to August 12, 2020. August 25, 2020 New York Yankees activated RF Aaron Judge from the 10-day injured list. August 28, 2020 New York Yankees placed RF Aaron Judge on the 10-day injured list retroactive to August 27, 2020.
"I think I am one and done," Judge told podcast hosts CC Sabathia and Ryan Ruocco about appearing in the midseason power-hitting showcase. A bat signed by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig has sold for $458,250 at the annual Major League Baseball All-Star FanFest. The auction will continue Tuesday with the personal collection of the late Hall of Fame outfielder, Roberto Clemente.
American League
Michael Conforto is someone the Giants have had interest in the past and they could try to rehabilitate him. It’s worth noting that the appearance of the sweet-spot balls at Yankees games coincided with Aaron Judge’s AL home-run chase, which captured the hearts, minds, and eyeballs of America so completely that ESPN was cutting away from college football to air his at-bats. The MLB disavows all knowledge of this ball, with a spokesman from the league calling the findings “inaccurate and just plain wrong,” but according to Wills, the only ordinary regular-season games these balls were found at between June and October were Yankees games. The Yankees (43-16) have won three straight and clinched their 15th series win and their fourth straight. They are 10-1 in their last 11 games and continue to have the best record in baseball.
If he truly is available, there will be a bidding war across the game. Regardless of how the next steps turn out, Kapler made one thing clear this week. Joc Pederson was brought back to be a DH, not a full-time outfielder. The Giants kicked the tires on Nimmo, but the industry expectation was that New York Mets owner Steve Cohen would win that bidding.
Aaron Judge wins Home Run Derby in jaw-dropping fashion
"Pressure won't do anything," said Judge, who fell into a deep hitting slump after winning last year's Derby. The Giants have viewed Yastrzemski as a crucial swing piece, someone who is great in right but also good in center. That allowed them to chase the dream of adding Haniger and Judge, but they now will have to pivot. After watching the AL home run king stay in New York, the outfield focus now will be a familiar one. Judge was Plan A, but adding an elite center fielder could push Haniger -- an average right fielder with a strong arm -- to left, and Yastrzemski to right, where he is potentially a Gold Glove Award winner.
Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees celebrates with Danilo Valiente after winning the T-Mobile Home Run Derby at Marlins Park on July 10, 2017 in... Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees celebrates after winning the T-Mobile Home Run Derby at Marlins Park on July 10, 2017 in Miami, Florida. Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees celebrates with the trophy after winning the T-Mobile Home Run Derby at Marlins Park on July 10, 2017 in Miami,...
Exhibit C: All those extra swings will hurt Judge and Sano
Hitting without batting gloves, Bour excited fans with 22 homers . Judge, hitting against his regular BP pitcher, Danilo Valiente, had 22 through four minutes, according to the scoreboard, and when he hit one in bonus time he walked away. But scoreboard reverted to 22 — apparently the roof shot was subtracted — and Judge added another with a few seconds left. After a game in San Francisco, started slowly against pitcher Pat Shine, hitting three liners before a 429-foot drive to center. Stanton began to find his grove and hit a 496-foot shot off the glass behind the left-field seats, then started spraying impressive drives. He had 15 when his 30-second bonus road started but added just one more.
This time, he outslugged some of baseball's top stars, including local favorites Giancarlo Stanton and Justin Bour of the Miami Marlins. The larger-than-life New York Yankees slugger dominated the All-Star Home Run Derby in the same manner he has smashed his way through his rookie season, beating Minnesota's Miguel Sano with two minutes to spare in the final on Monday night. The question is whether Judge can hang with Stanton, who last year put on the type of performance the Home Run Derby has never seen before. He hit 61 homers throughout the event, beating the old record by 20.
But Stanton under-performed in his home stadium and was eliminated in the very first round by the underdog Sano. But it was Judge who provided the fireworks in the competition, and then some. Judge's 23 first-round homers marked the third-best round in Home Run Derby history, trailing only Josh Hamilton's 28 in 2008 and Bobby Abreu's 24 in 2005. "He's so quiet and simple that he looks like a contact hitter trapped in an ogre's body," the Rockies' Charlie Blackmon said. "I don't know that the game has ever seen a power like that. Stanton has the most velocity, but I think Judge is going to be a really interesting career to follow." "I'm a rookie. This is my first time doing it. For me, I got no expectations. I'm just going to go in there and have some fun."
When asked in spring training if the post-Derby slump would impact his decision to avoid the event, Judge shook his head. Judge finished the regular season with an AL-leading 52 home runs. Judge, the reigning American League Rookie of the Year and AL home run champion, dismissed any chance that he would change his mind by this year's All-Star break, even if MLB pressured him to participate. "I think he's one of the most interestingly talented defenders in the sport in center field," he said. Baseball America as the Yankees' No. 6 prospect…was also named the IL's "Best Power Prospect" and the league's 19th-best prospect.
Swarmer went five innings and six of the seven hits he allowed were homers. It was the 11th straight start this season that Montgomery has allowed three earned runs or fewer and the 10th time he’s allowed two or fewer. It was his second shutout start of the season, though on April 15 in Baltimore he only went five innings. It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, as Judge just set a new Yankees record for most homers by a rookie — on July 7.
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