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April 28, 2021 This is Owen’s first piece as a FanGraphs contributor. Owen is a recent college graduate who is passionate about all things baseball, data, and baseball data. As a native of Northern California, he has been a firsthand witness to historic baseball events such as Sean Doolittle, hitting prospect; Aaron Judge, football player; and Cliff Pennington. Among other things, he hopes to provide insight into machine learning and advanced analytics. Aaron Judge has always been a fascinating case study; anyone with such an extreme profile helps to build our understanding of both what is possible and what is relevant to our understanding of which players are good. We know that even in the face of a high strikeout rate and below-average contact rates, Judge is an elite player, due in no small part to his 99th percentile power; he owns a career wRC+ of 151 despite having a 31% strikeout rate. But for many, there is a nagging sense of “what if.” What kind of hitter co ....
: Two notable Yankees both started Wednesday’s game on the bench, albeit for different reasons. After coming out for the ninth inning of Tuesday’s game, Aaron Judge wasn’t in the starting lineup, although it was somewhat expected based on Aaron Boone revealing they were looking to get him a day off as Judge had been dealing with “lower body soreness.” Gary Sánchez also wasn’t in the lineup as Kyle Higashioka continued his hot start of the season on Tuesday and has just generally been playing better than Sánchez. : Speaking of Judge, he has been a consistently good player since his breakout 2017 season. However, one development so far this season has the potential to make him even better. So far this season, Judge has been laying off more pitches low, even those in the strike zone, as they’re the type of pitches he’s least likely to do damage on. If he continues that, it could change the way pitchers have to approach him, and could positively impact his perfor ....