{"id":1955,"date":"2024-10-25T06:05:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T06:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=1955"},"modified":"2024-10-25T06:05:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T06:05:36","slug":"yankees-aaron-judge-makes-honest-admission-about-shohei-ohtanis-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=1955","title":{"rendered":"Yankees&#8217; Aaron Judge makes honest admission about Shohei Ohtani&#8217;s strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dek prose mb-2.5 italic text-secondary\">The Yankees&#8217; star center fielder is a big admirer of Shohei Ohtani&#8217;s swing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-row flex-wrap items-center text-primary\">\n<div class=\"author-link mr-2.5 flex items-center text-sm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Yankees-news-Aaron-Judge-makes-honest-admission-about-Shohei-Ohtanis-strength.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Aaron Judge in a New York Yankees uniform and Shohei Ohtani swinging in a Los Angeles Dodgers uniform as Judge complimented Ohtani's swing as the Yankees take on the Dodgers in the World Series.\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The\u00a0New York Yankees\u00a0defeated the Cleveland Guardians in the ALCS thanks to a game-winning\u00a0three-run home run by Juan Soto\u00a0in the top of the 10th inning. The Yankees will take on the\u00a0Los Angeles Dodgers\u00a0in the\u00a0World Series, a matchup featuring the two best players in baseball.\u00a0Aaron Judge\u00a0and\u00a0Shohei Ohtani\u00a0are the presumptive MVPs for their respective leagues this season. However, when it comes to a head-to-head matchup, Judge gives Shohei the edge,\u00a0calling Ohtani the best player in the game.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When discussing what makes Ohtani so special, Judge elaborated. \u201cJust his ability to\u00a0stay through the zone. He stays through the zone so long. \u2026 Even when you think you got him, you don\u2019t got him,\u201d he said per Dodgers reporter Bill Plunkett on X.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ohtani had a remarkable season. He became just the sixth player to\u00a0join the 40\/40 club\u00a0\u2013 hitting 40 home runs and stealing 40 bases in a single season. And then he\u00a0created the 50\/50 club, becoming the first player to ever have 50 homers and 50 steals in a season.<\/p>\n<p>The superstar two-way player was unable to pitch this year as he\u00a0recovered from Tommy John surgery. But he made the most of his role as the Dodgers&#8217; DH, putting up an unheard of 9.3 bWAR exclusively as a designated hitter.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Yankees\u2019 slugger appreciates the Dodgers\u2019 DH<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3091040\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3091040\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3091040\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Shohei-Ohtani_ea28cb.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Shohei-Ohtani_ea28cb.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Shohei-Ohtani_ea28cb.jpg?resize=300,168 300w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Shohei-Ohtani_ea28cb.jpg?resize=768,431 768w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Shohei-Ohtani_ea28cb.jpg?resize=1024,574 1024w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Shohei-Ohtani_ea28cb.jpg?resize=150,84 150w\" alt=\"Oct 18, 2024; New York City, New York, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani (17) hits a single in the fourth inning against the New York Mets during game five of the NLCS for the 2024 MLB playoffs at Citi Field. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3091040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brad Penner-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Judge had a pretty good season himself. The Yankees\u2019 center fielder led MLB in home runs (58), RBI (144), walks (133), on-base percentage (.458), slugging percentage (.701), OPS (1.159), OPS+ (223) and bWAR (11.4).<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-sticky-container adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,120193976\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5e90daf19f500876e949a3d9_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite his individual success, Judge kept his focus on the Yankees&#8217; season. He\u00a0reached the 50 home run mark\u00a0again and fell just two dingers shy of\u00a0joining an exclusive club. Had Judge hit two more homers this year, he would have been just the third player in baseball history with multiple 60-home run seasons.<\/p>\n<div class=\"not-prose flex w-full flex-col gap-4 divide-y divide-solid divide-[#58585820] bg-[#FAFAFA] px-4 pt-5\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col\">\n<article class=\"article-body prose max-w-none pb-7 pt-5 prose-figure:max-w-full prose-ol:pl-10 prose-img:max-w-full prose-video:max-w-full md:prose-ol:pl-6 [&amp;_iframe]:m-auto [&amp;_iframe]:block [&amp;_iframe]:max-w-full\">Judge is also not one to dwell on his accomplishments. He generally prefers to celebrate other players, as he did when he called his Yankees teammate\u00a0Juan Soto the \u201cgreatest hitter\u201d in baseball.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_3_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-sticky-container adthrive-content adthrive-content-3 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,120193976\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5e90daf19f500876e949a3d9_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now Judge and Ohtani will square off in the Fall Classic. They\u2019ll both be making their World Series debuts. However, this was Ohtani\u2019s first postseason after spending the first six years of his career with the Los Angeles Angels.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees will start ace Gerrit Cole in Game 1 of the World Series while the Dodgers will\u00a0send veteran Jack Flaherty to the mound. The series begins on Friday evening in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yankees&#8217; star center fielder is a big admirer of Shohei Ohtani&#8217;s swing. 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