Perhaps it was wishful thinking, or just trying to will it into existence.
But Aaron Judge knows by now that a historically great regular season only buys him so much goodwill from the fan base when the postseason rolls around.“We got the best fans in baseball, so they’re definitely going to be loud, they’re going to be rowdy, they’re going to have our back all game,” Judge said Saturday night at Dodger Stadium.
There is always a chance that Yankee Stadium could pull a Citizens Bank Park for Trea Turner or Citi Field for Francisco Lindor and give Judge a standing ovation ahead of his first at-bat Monday.“The narrative is whatever is made of it, but he’s a brick wall,” said Anthony Rizzo, Judge’s closest friend on the team. “He knows how to handle all this stuff. I’m proud of who he is as a person and a leader.
For now, though, the numbers are troubling. So far this postseason, Judge is just 3-for-20 with runners on base and 0-for-10 with six strikeouts with runners in scoring position. “I’ve got to do my job,” Judge said. “Guys around me are doing their job getting on base and I’m failing them backing them up. We’ve got to turn it around in Game 3.”His chase rate during a dominant regular season was a career-low 17.7 percent. In 11 playoff games this month, it is 29.7 percent.
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