"Aaron Judge's regular season should earn him a third MVP ( in our opinion), and he's hitting .444 with a 1.024 OPS in these playoffs, both tops on the Yankees. But in October, for baseball's highest-profile star (non-Ohtani division) and future resident of Monument Park, none of that is enough. If the Blue Jays win Tuesday night's Game 3 to complete a sweep of the Division Series, denying Judge a postseason signature moment yet again, the glaring hole in his pinstriped legacy will only grow larger."
"Judge enters Tuesday night's game with seven singles and a double through his first five games, respectable production for a .205 hitter in his previous 15 postseason series dating to 2017 (45-for-220). But any opposing manager would sign on for Judge going station-to-station rather than jogging around the bases, and his two RBIs - fewer than what Blue Jays infielder Ernie Clement delivered with a pair of swings in Sunday's 13-7 blowout - reveal the minimal impact."
Aaron Judge produced MVP-caliber regular-season numbers and is hitting .444 with a 1.024 OPS in these playoffs, both team highs. Despite elite on-base and power production, Judge has not delivered a signature postseason moment; a Blue Jays win in Game 3 would complete a sweep and further enlarge the gap in his pinstriped legacy. He has reached base in more than half of his postseason plate appearances but has recorded seven singles and a double through five games and just two RBIs, a modest impact compared with expectations. Opposing managers prefer his station-to-station output to big, game-changing hits.
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