TAMPA, Fla. -- When the 6-foot-7, 282-pound Aaron Judge takes batting practice, it is nearly impossible to look away.
Routinely, Judge smashes balls beyond the 408-foot center-field wall at George M. Steinbrenner Field and high up the 35- to 40-foot rectangular batter's eye behind it. What makes his teammates stop whatever they're doing to catch a glimpse is that when Judge takes a cut, he doesn't look like he's swinging for the fences. His bat smoothly glides through the zone -- and then the ball explodes.
“He is a freak,” New York Yankees third baseman Chase Headley said.