Author Topic: Aaron Judge, Babe Ruth, and Roger Maris  (Read 1538 times)

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Offline JCA-CrystalCity

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Re: Aaron Judge, Babe Ruth, and Roger Maris
« Reply #25: October 07, 2022, 09:25:05 AM »
I think the training techniques now max out what a body is capable of, and that the reward / risk of using drugs probably ends up discouraging most of the high end talent.  Judge also deserves credit for dropping his K% from 30+% his first few years to 25% the past two.  I never thought he'd be a .300 hitter because of the swing and miss.  He's also been able to play full seasons the past couple of years, which helps on a counting stat like HRs (I say that knowing that also helped McGwire, who did it artificially).