[Triple B]

Originally Posted by Akphillips86

Judge and Soto are only helping one another’s legacy. The insertion of Soto in the lineup forces pitchers to pick their poison and pitch to somebody. You can’t just award free bases with no consequences to back to back hitters. In the short term hobby wise, I do think Judge suppresses Soto prices to a small degree, but Judge’s effect on Soto’s stats only gives him fuel in the long term.

Judge is older, but also has the 62 Homerun season under his belt and hits massive homers in bunches. His legacy is already somewhat cemented by the number 62 (please save the steroid/non-steroid tangents, just stating the significance of this season). He isn’t forced to be a stat accumulator in the way most players are because of this. Plus, he’s a super likable player who has thus far represented the pinstripes his whole career. Health will matter most I think, because if he’s constantly in and out of the lineup for years it will tarnish his legacy. He just needs to stay on the field and simply be Aaron Judge for a small stretch of years.

Soto, meanwhile has youth on his side and when you look at statistical projections, the possibilities seem endless. He’s the closest thing to a complete hitter in baseball. The thing I like most about Soto is his pitch selection and his ability to hit plus arms hard. A lot of hitters with pop feast on weak arms and get blown away by the aces. With Soto, you rarely get that feeling he’s going to be overmatched in an AB.

In summary, I’m definitely enjoying watching this duo and I know Yankees fans are on cloud 9 right now.

I wonder if Scott Boras will settle for his biggest fish being 2nd fiddle on the Yankees. No one ever wants to be Robin. Although, after the beating Boras took this off-season, maybe the money will be the most important thing.