Aaron Judge has struggled to carry his regular season successes into October, but has a golden opportunity to do so against Kansas City.
For the first time in over 40 years, the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals will meet in the postseason. This classic—and bitter—1970s and 1980s rivalry gets a 2020s twist, as two of the better pitching staffs and two of the best players—American League MVP candidates Aaron Judge and Bobby Witt Jr.—in all of baseball go head-to-head in the American League Division Series.
Consider 2022, when he broke the AL single-season home run record. Judge proceeded to go 5-for-36 with two home runs in the Yankees' nine postseason games played that year. But the bullpen, which ranked just 20th in ERA in the regular season, was the Royals' weak underbelly. Somewhat surprisingly, that was not the case in the wild-card series against the Baltimore Orioles.
If the Royals' starters run out of gas in the Division Series, the relievers will need to put out the fires against the Yankees' mighty lineup. If they can repeat their wild-card series performance, that would go a long way toward helping Kansas City defeat New York.The Royals, led by shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., third baseman Maikel Garcia, and outfielder Dairon Blanco, stole the 10th-most bases in MLB this season.
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