In the 2020s, rookie hitters have struggled most with 4-seams and curveballs. Their OPS against those pitches is 60 points worse than non-rookies In 2025, Nick Kurtz has a 1.048 OPS against 4-seams and curves. Only Aaron Judge, Corbin Carroll, and Kyle Schwarber have done better

Top-10 in xwOBA in since 2015 (min 500 PAs): Aaron Judge, .437 David Ortiz, .425 Juan Soto, .421 Mike Trout, .418 Yordan Alvarez, .418 Shohei Ohtani, .405 Ronald Acuna Jr, .403 Freddie Freeman, .397 BEN RICE, .396 Bryce Harper, .392 12 total MVPs, 62 All-Star nods and Ben Rice

Over each of their last 30 games, Aaron Judge has 0.8 fWAR Cal Raleigh has 1.1 fWAR Bobby Witt Jr has 2.0 fWAR If those paces continue for the rest of the season, this will be the 2025 MLB fWAR leaderboard: Bobby Witt Jr, 8.5 fWAR Cal Raleigh, 8.3 fWAR Aaron Judge, 8.2 fWAR

Only 29 players in MLB history have accumulated 50 Fielding Runs over a 2-year span Only 25 players in MLB history have accumulated 20 Baserunning Runs over a 2-year span Only Brett Gardner has done both (and he did them both in the same 2-year span)

Zack Wheeler is on pace to become the 9th pitcher since 1952 with a 6+ fWAR lead over an 8-year span, joining: Sandy Koufax Bob Gibson Steve Carlton Roger Clemens Greg Maddux Randy Johnson Clayton Kershaw Max Scherzer One of the most dominant pitchers we have ever seen

Highest wRC+ vs LHPs since the start of 2021 (min 500 PAs): Aaron Judge, 195 Paul Goldschmidt, 176 Yordan Alvarez, 165 Ketel Marte, 157 Teoscar Hernandez, 157 Yandy Diaz, 154 Rob Refsnyder, 152

Aaron Judge now has 60.0 career WAR and 4938 career PAs (per Fangraphs) He is the fourth hitter since Integration to surpass 60 WAR before surpassing 5000 PAs, joining Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, and Mike Trout

Highest K/BB by a hitter since Integration 1948 Lou Boudreau, 10.89 1949 Lou Boudreau, 7.00 1947 Lou Boudreau, 6.70 1952 Elmer Valo, 6.32 1948 Lou Boudreau has 98 walks and 9 strikeouts. He also slashed .355/.453/.534 with a 164 wRC+, 18 HRs, and 29.4 Def. One-of-one player

Absurd company for Aaron Judge (via Alex)

Shohei Ohtani has become the 11th player since 1900 to lead his league’s hitters in fWAR for three straight seasons, joining: Honus Wagner Nap Lajoie Rogers Hornsby Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig Mickey Mantle Willie Mays Wade Boggs Barry Bonds Mike Trout And that’s ignoring his pitching

Every catcher in MLB history with a 4-WAR season in his first year with 100+ PAs: Josh Gibson Johnny Bench Thurman Munson Carlton Fisk Mike Piazza Wilson Ramos Adley Rutschman Dillon Dingler (this season)

Over the past 5 seasons, the team with fewer hitting strikeouts has won the playoff series 43% of the time. In the same span, the team with more home runs has won the playoff series 76% of the time