Not even the biggest Aaron Judge fans saw last year coming. Judge blew every reasonable expectation out of the water en route to being named AL Rookie of the Year unanimously, and finishing second in the AL MVP voting. A rookie record 52 homers, an MLB high +8.2 fWAR, and countless draws dropped with moonshot home runs. What a fun season.
Okay, so what now? Seriously, what does Judge do for an encore?
I’m honestly not sure there’s any sense in trying to figure it out. Judge is an outlier in baseball history and an outlier even today, in an age of big and strong and fast baseball players.