Despite looking like a budding superstar for most of the year in Triple-A, New York Yankees rookie right fielder Aaron Judge has sunk like a stone in the various 2017 prospect lists released so far, presumably because of his struggles during his first month of big league action.
Imagine for a second that Judge had not played at all in the majors last season. He hit .270/.366/.489 while leading the farm system with 19 home runs in 410 plate appearances for Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre, making the International League All Star Team and being named the league’s Player of the Month for June.