Fifty-one plate appearances. After missing a little more than seven weeks with a chip fracture in his right wrist, Aaron Judge received 51 regular season plate appearances to get back up to speed at the plate. That’s all. The minor league postseason had ended, so he couldn’t go out on a proper rehab assignment, and instead had to rehab in the big leagues, essentially. It wasn’t ideal, but there was nothing else the Yankees could do.
In those 51 plate appearances Judge hit .220/.333/.341 (87 wRC+) with one home run, eight walks, and 15 strikeouts. The plate discipline numbers were right where they always are.