Despite the Yankees' early exit from the postseason, reigning AL MVP Aaron Judge finally got that old October monkey off of his back, when he hit .500 with a 1.273 OPS in the Wild Card and ALDS, powering a game-tying home run in ALDS Game 3 to keep New York's hopes alive (for a day).
But it seems that whatever postseason illness that has always afflicted Judge has now been transferred over to the other best player in the game, reigning NL MVP Shohei Ohtani.
Ohtani hit just .230 with a .766 OPS last postseason and barely contributed in the World Series, but he sort of had an excuse in the form of a shoulder injury that he underwent offseason surgery to repair.