It is fortunate that this isn’t a boxing match: 24-year-old Aaron Judge is certainly bigger, stronger, and has a decided reach advantage. But that tale of the tape doesn’t directly translate into baseball acumen, either.
A couple of years ago, it wasn’t certain that Judge would be the hitting force that he’s projected to be.
In 2014, John Sickels ranked him 8th among Yankees’ prospects, saying:
8) Aaron Judge, OF, Grade B-: Excellent tools from 2013 first-round pick out of Fresno State, could be a 20/20 player but we need to see how his hitting skills will translate into pro ball, if he’ll make contact sufficiently with a 6-7 wingspan, etc.