Aaron Judge tanked his batting average and added to his strikeout rate in the New York Yankees' loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday night.
Aaron Judge has opened the World Series with a whimper, leaving the New York Yankees hanging as a result of his historic slump.
Judge went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in Game 2 on Saturday, one day after he went 1-for-5 with three strikeouts. The soon-to-be two-time MVP is now batting .111 with a .222 OPS thus far against the Los Angeles Dodgers, who have gone up 2-0 amidst Judge's struggles. On the whole this postseason, Judge is batting .150 with a .605 OPS. As a result, his career average in the postseason has dipped down to .199., there are 70 players in MLB history with at least 200 postseason at-bats in their careers. Judge is one of two who owns a batting average below .200.
The other is Reggie Sanders, who hit .195 in the playoffs as a member of the Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks, San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals. Sanders did hit .304 in the 2001 World Series, winning a ring at the Yankees' expense.Judge has 19 strikeouts in 50 plate appearances this October alone. Compare that to Yankees legend Yogi Berra, who struck out 17 times in 295 career plate appearances in the playoffs.
Judge will have a chance to break out of his slump back at home in Game 3, which is set to start at 8:08 p.m. ET on Monday.The 2024 playoffs are finally coming to a head, with the AL and NL pennant-winners now going head-to-head in the World Series. Here is the latest on the schedule, with dates, game times, TV information and pitching matchups.Sam Connon is a Staff Writer for Fastball on the Sports Illustrated/FanNation networks.
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