Giancarlo Stanton is reprising Aaron Judge.
You might remember Judge debuted with the Yankees by crushing a monstrous homer that elevated possibilities, and then spent the rest of that August/September cameo striking out at a historic rate — once in every two at-bats by the end.
Stanton homered in his first at-bat this season and also his final one on Opening Day. What has followed has mainly been a strikeout-athon equivalent to that of Judge’s: 20 in 42 at-bats, nearly one in every two. Stanton already has become the first player to twice in one season strike out five times in a game without getting a hit.