Aaron Judge has his eye on Pete Alonso’s chase of 60 home runs
May 28, 2023
Judge could care less
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It’s not even June yet. Tell me how many Pete has in September
Man, this would be great for the city: two NYer’s with 60+ home runs, two former NYer’s with ROTY with the most home runs. The fans win. NY wins. Mets and Yankees, best of the best.
Nah, fuck that, I hope Judge buries Alonso this year.
If Pete does this, this makes a strong case that he aspires/is inspired to be Aaron Judge… Aaron sets rookie HR record, Pete breaks it next season, Aaron hits 62… Then Pete sets out on a similarly historic pace… its only May and I have plenty of red yarn and an emptyish cork board…
Eh maybe Pete gets 60 but I’d say it’s still more likely he gets high 50s. He’s definitely got the talent but many players have had similar 2 month stretches and not hit 60. Like voit hit 22 home runs in 56 games and Pete is at 20 in 53. Also he has like 3 doubles, I expect some of his luck to even out and some hard hit balls will fall in for doubles instead of homers.
Who? I couldn’t name 3 Mets players. Or 3 Mets fans
Judge also hit .311, not .240
Judges goal isn’t home runs it’s winning and probably being over .300 by the end of it. So who cares
I don’t think Judge gives a runny shit about anything Alonso does
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See what this race did to judge last year. He shouldn’t want any part of it honestly. Ruined his swing completely and the crowd silence as pitches were about to come was so weird it clearly threw him off completely.
I’m not a fan of Pete’s personality at all but he truly is a great power bat. The problem is he’s simply a power hitter at a less impactful position and that’s really it. He doesn’t walk much, low average, only has 3 doubles on the year somehow and I think solid defense? He’s a fantastic power hitter who will bring in a lot of runs and hit bombs but that’s pretty much it.
I’ll never forget Mets fans clamoring that Pete was better than Judge. I still see it here and there sometimes for some fucking reason but Judge is in a separate realm of ability compared to Pete.
11 comments
It’s not even June yet. Tell me how many Pete has in September
Man, this would be great for the city: two NYer’s with 60+ home runs, two former NYer’s with ROTY with the most home runs. The fans win. NY wins. Mets and Yankees, best of the best.
Nah, fuck that, I hope Judge buries Alonso this year.
If Pete does this, this makes a strong case that he aspires/is inspired to be Aaron Judge… Aaron sets rookie HR record, Pete breaks it next season, Aaron hits 62… Then Pete sets out on a similarly historic pace… its only May and I have plenty of red yarn and an emptyish cork board…
Eh maybe Pete gets 60 but I’d say it’s still more likely he gets high 50s. He’s definitely got the talent but many players have had similar 2 month stretches and not hit 60. Like voit hit 22 home runs in 56 games and Pete is at 20 in 53. Also he has like 3 doubles, I expect some of his luck to even out and some hard hit balls will fall in for doubles instead of homers.
Who? I couldn’t name 3 Mets players. Or 3 Mets fans
Judge also hit .311, not .240
Judges goal isn’t home runs it’s winning and probably being over .300 by the end of it. So who cares
I don’t think Judge gives a runny shit about anything Alonso does
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See what this race did to judge last year. He shouldn’t want any part of it honestly. Ruined his swing completely and the crowd silence as pitches were about to come was so weird it clearly threw him off completely.
I’m not a fan of Pete’s personality at all but he truly is a great power bat. The problem is he’s simply a power hitter at a less impactful position and that’s really it. He doesn’t walk much, low average, only has 3 doubles on the year somehow and I think solid defense? He’s a fantastic power hitter who will bring in a lot of runs and hit bombs but that’s pretty much it.
I’ll never forget Mets fans clamoring that Pete was better than Judge. I still see it here and there sometimes for some fucking reason but Judge is in a separate realm of ability compared to Pete.