Capped by an impressive win in the Home Run Derby, Aaron Judge was the most interesting man in baseball during the first half of the 2017 season—an All-Star, a Sports Illustrated cover subject, a StatCast wonder and the game’s top slugger. The 6-foot-7, 28285-pound rightfielder hit an MLB-high 30 homers before the break—that's a 57-homer pace over a full season, if you don't have your calculator handy—powering the Yankees into position for a wild card berth. It's been an entirely different story since the All-Star break, however.
The contrast between Judge's first half and second half performances is stark.