New York Yankees fans react to new hitting coach not wanting to mess with Aaron Judge: "Maybe try and help him in the playoffs" "He should in October"
The New York Yankees' new assistant hitting coach Brad Wilkerson is taking a "less is more" approach to outfielder Aaron Judge.
"I don't think I'm going to be messing with Aaron Judge too much," Wilkerson said on Monday.
"I don't think I'm going to be messing with Aaron Judge too much." - Brad Wilkerson, the #Yankees' new assistant hitting coach
Aaron Judge won the American League Most Valuable Player award after setting a new AL home run record with 62 round-trippers last season. He nearly won the Triple Crown while leading the New York Yankees to the AL East championship, but nearly flatlined in the playoffs with just five hits in 36 postseason at-bats.
While most Yankees fans agree that Wilkerson should leave Judge alone in the regular season, several also think that a postseason tweak or two would be a good idea.
@BryanHoch In october, he sure better
He should in October š twitter.com/bryanhoch/statā¦
maybe try and help him in the playoffs twitter.com/bryanhoch/statā¦
Judge did club two homers and had four total hits in the New York Yankees' AL Division Series win against the Cleveland Guardians, but mustered up just one single in 16 AL Championship Series at-bats as the Yankees were swept by the eventual World Series champion Houston Astros.
The postseason has long been a troublesome time for Judge. The seven-year big-league veteran has just a .211 batting average over 12 playoff series since 2017.
we are going to lose in the postseason again twitter.com/BryanHoch/statā¦
He got 1 hit in the 2022 ALCSā¦.. twitter.com/bryanhoch/statā¦ https://t.co/EJSCpKRrEA
Execpt people would be saying that heāll be messing with Judge during the postseason lol. twitter.com/bryanhoch/statā¦
For whatever Wilkerson, a former major-league outfielder himself, does to perhaps improve Judge's October and November numbers, there isn't much he will have to do from April through September. In the regular season, Judge is hitting .284 with 220 home runs and 497 RBI. Last season, he led the league with 131 RBIs in addition to his record 62 homers. His .311 batting average was the best of his career, finishing just five points behind Minnesota Twins infielder Luis Arraez for the AL batting title.
twitter.com/BryanHoch/statā¦If Judge hits less than 60 HRS ā he gets fired right!? š twitter.com/BryanHoch/statā¦
@BryanHoch Guess he learned his lesson from when Costanza ruined Tartabullās swing.
@BryanHoch He knows ball
However, according to many New York Yankees fans, there are other players with whom Wilkerson can spend more time in the regular season.
@BryanHoch He's going to have a mental breakdown trying to fix Josh Donaldson and Aaron hicks https://t.co/5kRbN05CE7
Aaron Judge has been a shell of himself in postseason for New York Yankees
Aaron Judge's postseason dropoff for the Yankees has practically become an October tradition in the Bronx. Only in 2018 did just carry his regular-season production into the playoffs. That season, Judge hit .421 with three home runs over two playoff series against the Oakland Athletics and Boston Red Sox. Judge has also struck out 66 times in 171 postseason at-bats, with 13 total playoff homers.