Aaron Judge: MVP in Motion | NEW YORK YANKEES 2025

Derek it see and this one’s not going to come back either. Can’t stop. Won’t stop. Why would he? And the judge has spoken. When Aaron Judge steps into the batters box, there’s a stillness that sets in. The stadium seems to hold its breath. In that moment, he is both athlete and experiment. The coordinated motion of his arms and legs, the swing of the bat, the rich sound of contact, the trajectory of the ball. He is an intuitive master of physics in motion. The human cannon harnessing the laws of nature to send a baseball soaring into the night. And Josh rips one out toward left center field. This one headed way back beyond the monster. Baseball is a game of course, but it’s also a living model of physics. An interplay of force and motion playing out in space and time. Every pitch is an equation. Every swing a solution, and few have solved that equation as elegantly as Aaron Judge. His swing, it’s a marvel of precision. The bat accelerates to nearly 80 m an hour. And when it connects, a transfer of energy unfolds in less than a millisecond. So we’re going to drive the left. That baby is way out of here. Kinetic energy flowing through Maplewood, compressing a baseball and launching it back into the world at over 110 m an hour. It’s a conversation between matter and motion, between energy and resistance. Power alone doesn’t send the ball into the bleachers. The secret lies in geometry. The launch angle. Too low and the ball burns out in flight. Too high and it surrenders to gravity too early. Judge, he finds that narrow window roughly between 25 and 35° for drag force, backspin, and the swing plane. They find their optimum equilibrium. The result is a graceful white arc cutting through the night, tracing the invisible mathematics of flight. [Applause] In Judge’s mastery, it extends beyond offense. Out in right field, you’d think his size would defy the demands of agility, but physics, it tells a different story. His frame becomes an advantage. es long strides covering remarkable distance expanding his domain. So balls that should have fallen safely into the grass are grabbed in flight and others that have cleared the fence are plucked from the air and he makes the play. He took the home run away from Cole Armstrong. So when you watch Aaron Judge, when you see a ball vanish into the dark or fall softly into his glove, remember you are witnessing the laws of the universe at play. The poetry of motion, the precision of physics and an athlete who for a few extraordinary moments shows us what it means to move in harmony with the world. In the end, it isn’t just achievement that defines Aaron Judge. It’s the presence, the quiet leadership, the steadiness and the way he lifts those around him. His greatness extends beyond equations or records, but is as constant as gravity itself. An unshakable force that anchors a team, earns respect, carries integrity, and shows that even in a universe constrained by laws, some players seem to defy them. Heat. Heat. [Applause]

In a universe ruled by laws, Aaron Judge defies them.

Brian Greene, World-Renowned Physicist & Director of the Center for Theoretical Physics at Columbia University, breaks down the science behind Aaron Judge’s 2025 American League MVP-winning season.

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24 comments

  2. I have been a Yankee fan, for nearly 50 years, and what I love about Aaron Judge, isn't his power or his cannon of an arm. It is his CLASS. There are not too many who play the game, with the respect for "the game" then he does.
    There are just way too many younger players, who have that "Look at me!" attitude in the way they play.

  14. thank goodness. I know it's hyper-focusing on a singular stat, but a player batting below .250, winning the MVP just seems so wrong.

  15. I was at the July 11th game when he put on the great defensive display! I'm grateful to have seen his greatness in person & to join in the MVP chants in the Bronx! Well deserved Captain! Congratulations!!

  23. Yankee fans are a bunch of babies. They have been screaming that it would be a travesty if Aaron Judge didn’t get the MVP, because the best hitter in baseball must get the MVP. Well, that has NEVER been the criterion for determining who is most valuable to a team. And if it is now to be the main criterion for determining the MVP, the Yankees need to collect a whole bunch of Yankee MVP awards, return them to the league office, and ask them to be redistributed in fairness to much better hitters. Give back the MVPs won by Joe Gordon in 1942, Phil Rizzuto in 1950, Yogi Berra in 1951, 1954 and 1955, Elston Howard in 1963, and Thurman Munson in 1976. What do these seven MVP awards have in common? Five for catchers, two for elite defensive middle infielders. There must have been at least one hundred superior offensive players to 1950 Rizzuto or 1963 Howard, and Munson was hardly the best A.L. offensive player in 1976. Berra was amazing and Gordon was a force, but one could name better offensive players than them in 1942, 1951, 1954 and 1955. The Yankees collected these seven MVP awards because it is long established that a player who gives you above-average hitting at an anemic-hitting position like catcher or shortstop is something really special. Congratulations, Yankee fans, your bellyaching screwed over Cal Raleigh – who had a far more impressive offensive season than Berra, Howard or Munson ever had.

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