From Bryan Hoch:
It was the third inning on Wednesday, and Aaron Judge was being cheered once again as he rounded the bases in what would soon be his 38th career multi-homer performance. Standing in the dugout, Nestor Cortes heard teammate Marcus Stroman remark: “Oh man, this guy’s incredible.”
Cortes had the good fortune to be Judge’s teammate two years ago, when the whole city seemed to tune in for these nightly displays of greatness. The hurler replied: “I watched this in 2022, all year. It felt like every time he was up, it was either a homer or a walk. And that’s exactly what’s happening now.”
On a night when Juan Soto drove in five runs, Judge also shined brightly, belting his Major League-leading 46th and 47th home runs. The Yankees thumped the Guardians, 8-1, as the American League’s MVP front-runner now sits on pace to reach 60 homers for the second time in his career.
As good as Judge and Soto are, I had to give Nestor the featured image for a DOMINANT performance.
Awesome.
And Nestor being Nasty – really, ANY of the other starters being consistently really good again – would be huge.