Aaron Judge has taken the league by storm, and seemingly the world as a whole. He's even interrupting broadcasts of other sports to look in on his at-bats. That's been the case since hitting his 60th home run and he's now going for number 62. That would break the AL record set by former-Yankee Roger Maris. Yesterday afternoon was his 2nd game to try and do so, and he now has 5 games left to set the record. Along with this Aaron Judge breakdown, be sure to check out our MLB picks for all of today's games.
Aaron Judge vs. Kyle Bradish: Will Aaron Judge hit a home run?
Judge had a rough go of it yesterday against the O's. He was hit by a pitch with his first at-bat and then proceeded to walk twice and strike out twice. It was a mix of pitches to hit and being thrown around. The majority of his at-bats went to a 3-2 count. Now Judge will be facing O's rookie starter Kyle Bradish. He's been a bit up-and-down recently. Bradish had a stellar shutout performance against the Astros 2 starts ago that fell just 1 out short of a complete game. However, he followed that up by allowing 7 runs to the Red Sox in just 2.1 innings.
The youngster has pitched against the Yankees just once this season, in which he allowed 4 runs off of 8 hits in 4.1 innings. To make matters more up-in-the-air, Judge actually rested that game. That certainly won't be the case today as he chases the record, and he's still had great success against the O's overall this season. His 9 homers against them this season are the most by any player against a single opponent. Without any history against Bradish, let's check out how to best play his props today.'