Gary Sanchez has stolen the spotlight among recent Yankees call-ups. It would be hard to get any attention next to what the 23-year-old catcher has done, but Aaron Judge has also not had the best debut. Though he has played in all of 14 games so far, there are a few reasons he has mostly been forgotten. Obviously, it’s a very small sample size, but this is all we have right now.
Pitch Recognition
Strikeouts have always been a problem for Judge. His K-rate has sat in the mid-to-high 20s, though he managed to drop it to 23% in Triple-A this year.