It’s been fascinating to watch Aaron Judge move seamlessly back and forth between center field and right field in 2022. A player of his frame at a premium defensive position is something we have never seen in the game of baseball, unless you include Oneil Cruz at shortstop.
Judge doesn’t have plus speed. While he may have been a plus runner earlier in his career, he isn’t as fleet footed as he once was. Typically, outfielders move off of center field when they lose some speed and turn 30. Yet, Judge has done it very well! There hasn’t been a moment where you’ve thought that this was a failed experiment.