Through the Fourth of July, New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge was the runaway favorite for the AL MVP award. Since July 5, a prolonged slump from Judge has made his quest for a second consecutive MVP honor a much more hotly contested debate.
Though he's woken up a bit over the last few days, he'll need to find a semblance of consistency to show fans he's snapped out of the funk.
So what happened on July 5? Well, everyone's favorite punching bag, Anthony Volpe, just happened to hit Judge in the head with a wildly errant warm-up toss.