The best hitter in the Major League at the beginning of the season was Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees. He is racing fast toward his third MVP.카지노사이트

In 2022, he became the first MVP of his career by hitting 62 home runs, the most in an AL season, and last year, he won the second MVP by unanimously ranking first in both leagues, including home runs and RBIs, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, OPS and WAR.

Judge thought he showed everything he could by winning two MVPs, but that's not true. He is aiming for batting average and hits this season.

Judge hit one hit in five at-bats at home against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium on the 5th (Korea time), making 14 consecutive hits and 30 consecutive on-base hits. Judge pushed right-hander Mason Inglert's 3rd pitch outside 87.2 miles cutter to hit a double to the right-center, continuing his streak of consecutive game hits that almost broke off in the fourth at-bat in the bottom of the eighth inning, trailing 2-7.

As of today, he has a batting average of 0.423 (55 hits in 130 at-bats), 11 homers, 33 RBIs, 32 points, 21 walks, 31 strikeouts, on-base percentage of 0.510, a slugging percentage of 0.777, OPS 1.287, 22 long hits, and 101 hits. The team ranks first in overall batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, OPS, RBI, slugging percentage and Ruta in the AL and NL. Based on the results, Judge is also No. 1 in bWAR (3.1) and fWAR (3.5). No one can match Judge's unrivaled performance.

Compared to Paul Goldschmidt (0.349), who ranks second overall in the batting average category, the difference is a whopping 74 (0.074).

Aaron Judge runs hard to first base after hitting a double in the eighth inning. Image caption Yonhap News
According to MLB.com reporter Sarah Reims, Judge's batting average of 0.432 on the previous day (4th) ranks eighth in the last 80 years based on the team's first 33 games of the season. The most recent case in which the batting average was higher than that of Judge in terms of the same number of games was Luis Arraez in 2023 for the Miami Marlins, who recorded a batting average of 0.437 in the first 33 games of the team's season that year, and eventually ranked first in both leagues with a batting average of 0.354.

In the home run category, Judge said the Seattle Mariners, who hit 12 home runs, are tied for second after Cal Raleigh, and it can be seen that they are in a condition that can also aim for a hitting triple crown. If he hits at the current pace, he can also hit 262 hits, the most in a major league season, which was recorded by Ichiro Suzuki in 2004. He could also become the first hitter in 84 years since Ted Williams in 1941.

Ichiro Suzuki had 262 hits, the most in a season, when he was a Seattle Mariner in 2004. AP Yonhap News
Of course, it is not known whether Judge will maintain his batting average of 400 through the end of the season or surpass 200 hits for the first time in his career, but he is apparently taking on a historic challenge. Ichiro had a batting average of 0.301 (46 hits in 153 times at bat) in 34 games for his team Seattle in 2004. At that time, Ichiro expected 219 hits. This indicates that the pace of hit production has sharply accelerated since May, especially after the All-Star break. Judge's pace in the second half of the season is an important key to this milestone.

MLB.com put the Yankees in seventh place by announcing the power ranking, saying, "He had an unrealistic batting average of 0.432 until the previous day." He has hit .500 in the last 13 games, and his batting average does not increase even if he hits 2 hits in 4 at-bats. What he's doing at bat now is very unrealistic,' he said with admiration.