DETROIT — Aaron Boone has a favorite word for Aaron Judge: “Unflappable.”
It is a signature part of Judge’s baseball DNA, and that will be a good thing going forward starting Tuesday in Toronto. Against the Tigers Monday, Judge went 0-for-9 and he struck out eight times.
That is a major league record for the live-ball era, according to both Baseball Almanac and Stats by STATS. That is also, by any definition, a long day at the office.
“That’s not just a rough day, that’s a terrible day,” Judge said, after the Yankees split a day-night makeup doubleheader with the Tigers.