Aaron Judge launched a ball so hard and so far Saturday afternoon — did essentially what he can do better than just about anybody in the world — that it served as yet another distraction and disservice to just what a superb hitter he is.
In his short career, Judge has shown knowledge of his own swing and what pitchers are trying to do against him, and then the aptitude and attitude to make studious adjustments.
“He’s more than a home run hitter,” Austin Romine said.
Of course, he is that, too. His 62nd career homer in a record 201 games — a two-out, two-run shot in the third that served as a catalyst in what would become a 9-1 rout — provided the Yankees’ first breakthrough against a previously dominating Toronto starter Marcus Stroman.