Gotta love modern baseball pitching strategy. Aaron Judge, one of the most feared home run hitters in baseball, comes up last night win a man and the Yankees up only 4-2 in the middle of the game, still in the balance.
Guardians call for a high fastball, the pitcher puts it right on target, and Judge put it in the seats. I know I'm old school and today's philosophy pushes the "elevated" fastball. But the one thing that hitters need to do to hit home runs is to get lift on the ball. You put the ball in the upper part of the strike zone, and all the hitter needs to do is get the barrel to it. If you put it at Judge's knees, and he golfs it out, more power to him. I just thought it was an incredibly poor pitch selection and yet it's almost universally accepted today.