Mantis Toboggan M.D.
I’m here for the scraps
He leads the batting title race by 13 points now too. First guy to pick up the batting title during a 50 homer season since Mickey Mantle in 1956 and only the 3rd guy to ever do it. One of just 4 guys to pick up 4 separate 50 home run seasons. Imagine how many more homers he’d have if teams would actually pitch to him. I’m really not trying to dump on Raleigh, but I saw a stat the other day that if he lost 180 points off his ops he’d be a league average hitter. Contrast that to judge who if he lost 180 points on his ops, he would be Raleigh. I think this season he’s set an AL record for intentional walks drawn. Just one game ago with 2 outs and a man on in a 1 run game in the 9th inning and the White Sox wouldn’t even pitch to him. Immediately sent him to first base on the intentional walkyeah. But Judge is still doing Judge things.
but this gonna be like Lamar/Allen last season in the NFL. Judge hitting the traditional notes. But, Raleigh minus BAVG has the stats and the positional scarcity, plus his team/city is the better story for the writers.


the division hasn't been decided yet according to ESPN

