Sixteen games into the 2018 season, the Yankees have been mediocre and Aaron Judge has been awesome. Judge is hitting .339/.480/.593 (193 wRC+) in the early going, which is more or less in line with his numbers prior to the shoulder injury/second half slump last season. Aaron Judge, it appears, really is this damn good. Fun!
As good as Judge’s overall numbers are right now, one number is flying under the radar: 24.0%. His strikeout rate. That’s down from 30.7% last year and 31.7% in the second half last year. We’re only 16 games into the season, so that 24.