ESPN: Yankees slugger sends Aaron Judge a strong message after a shameful loss to Padres.

Few players who have played in Major League Baseball for less than 15 years are inducted into the prestigious Hall, and the average career duration of a Major League Baseball Hall of Fame hitter is 18 seasons.

Nevertheless, Aaron Judge, the two-time American League MVP for the New York Yankees, is just in his tenth season. However, it is reasonable to assume that he will undoubtedly be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Bill James, a pioneering sabermetrician, developed the “Hall of Fame Monitor” system to determine if a player should be inducted into Cooperstown. James claims that a “likely” Hall of Famer receives a score of 100. A virtual lock for induction is a player who scores 130 or above.

Judge receives a Jamesian score of 141.

Judge’s So Far Season Is Amazing, Teammate
Judge, who was selected by the Yankees 32nd overall in 2013 out of Cal State Fresno, has proven to be a historically great player. After the Yankees’ first 34 games, in which he has participated in every game, Judge is off to a historic and almost unbelievable start.

In fact, Judge’s start has been so incredible that a colleague who has achieved some incredible career stats sent him a note on Sunday.

With 429 home runs, Yankees designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton leads all current MLB players. Stanton blasted 59 home runs in 2017, his last season with the Miami Marlins before being sold to the Yankees. That was the most since 2001, when Sammy Sosa hit 64 and Barry Bonds hit 73.

However, Judge blasted 62 in 2022. It should be mentioned that Sosa and Bonds have both been accused of using performance-enhancing drugs. No such accusations have been addressed by the judge.

Stanton, who has missed the entire season so far with tendinitis in both elbows, spoke to the Yankees’ cable TV outlet, YES Network, where he was asked how he would describe Judge’s start to the 2025 season.

“I played MLB:The Show, and I don’t think I could play as good as he’s played now,” Stanton remarked. It’s unbelievable, and it seems like everyone is simply shaking their heads these days. It’s definitely a must-watch TV show. There is no at-bat to miss.

Judge Hitting at an All-Time High
Even though the season is still six weeks old, how fantastic has Judge been? Judge was hitting an incredible.423 going into Monday’s game against the San Diego Padres, in a time when batting averages are steadily declining, falling MLB-wide from.270 in the 2000 season to.243 last season and.243 so far this season.

The last batter to reach .400 for a whole season was the Boston Red Sox iconic Hall of Famer Ted Williams who batted .406 in 1941 – 84 years ago. Williams never matched the accomplishment, coming closest in 1958 when he had an average above .400 entering June, but concluded the season at .388.

The San Diego Padres’ Tony Gwynn set a season-long average of.394 in 1994, which hasn’t been surpassed since.

If Judge receives 600 official at-bats this season, he will have already hit 11 home runs, which would put him at 50. Before Monday’s game, his MLB-leading OPS was 1.287. With 55 hits, he leads the Major Leagues.