The New York Yankees are surging and sit atop the American League East, hoping to make another World Series run.
In the process, Aaron Judge is well on his way to another American League MVP award. As of June 12, Judge has a .392 batting average, 25 home runs, 59 RBIs, 64 runs scored, a .488 on-base percentage, and a .776 slugging percentage.
Judge is right on the cusp of a .400 batting average, which shows how well-rounded he has been this season. However, the question remains: Will he keep it up, or will Judge hit a wall and go through a slump?
MLB Insiders Cast Doubt on Whether Aaron Judge Can Sustain Hot Start
ESPN’s Buster Olney spoke about Judge’s hot start and asked Paul Hembekides if it would continue.
“No, it’s impossible,” Hembekides said when asked whether Judge will hit .400. “It is completely impossible in this hitting environment… All he has to do to remain at the top of that list is to hit .370, .375, and that is on the list of options.”
Hembekides added:
“The barrel control is unbelievable, the pitch recognition is off the charts. He has the very best attributes of the best hit-for-contact hitter in the game…We have never seen it, at least not from a player that’s not connected to a performance-enhancing drug.”
Aaron Judge is having the best hit-for-average season EVER…
.392 batting average
League is hitting .245
AVG+ of 160Could he actually hit .400? 👇 pic.twitter.com/WYvhYAkDOC
— Paul Hembekides (Hembo) (@PaulHembo) June 13, 2025
Judge isn’t just hitting home runs; he is hitting for average as well. He has only 69 strikeouts in 250 at-bats, and his pitch recognition is rare for a power hitter.
But hitting .400 over a full season is extremely difficult, and Hembekides doesn’t think Judge will do it.
Through 67 games, Judge is hitting .392, but the season is not even halfway complete.
Judge is so good that he is even being compared to Babe Ruth. Former New York Mets GM Steve Phillips called Judge the greatest Yankee ever.
“He’s averaging one home run per pitcher faced. When you think of Babe Ruth, three home runs per pitcher. It’s unbelievable the difference between the two. Judge is the greatest Yankee hitter ever. Ever. What Babe Ruth did cannot compare to what Aaron Judge is doing.”
At this rate, another MVP award seems to be in the bag for Judge, barring a collapse, and his flirting with a .400 mark right now is fun to keep an eye on.