What to do about Judge

[Bahama O's Fan]

Talk about someone having our number. Should we even pitch to him? Brush him off thr plate? Maybe plunk him a few times? Trade for him?

[Frobby]

I’m to the point of just walking him if there are runners on base.  What he does against us is insane.  34 homers and 75 RBI in 82 games.  That’s nuts.  

The two-out walk to Gallo last night really killed us.   He was down in the count and looked foolish on his two swings, then we didn’t make him swing the bat again.  Next thing you know LeMahieu singles and here comes Judge.  Ugh.
 

[Roll Tide]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

I’m to the point of just walking him if there are runners on base.  What he does against us is insane.  34 homers and 75 RBI in 82 games.  That’s nuts.  

The two-out walk to Gallo last night really killed us.   He was down in the count and looked foolish on his two swings, then we didn’t make him swing the bat again.  Next thing you know LeMahieu singles and here comes Judge.  Ugh.
 

Make him hit your pitch or walk him.

[glenn__davis]

Yeah, before the AB in the 3rd last night I told my son I would walk him. You can't let him beat you there. I know it's a risk and by the numbers I'm sure it's the wrong play, but make someone else come up with that hit. 

[JR Oriole]

JD Martinez has 33 homers, 90 RBI (!!!!) and an OPS of 1.130 against us in 90 games, yet we continue to pitch to him. That is 10 more homers and 25 more RBI than he has against any other team. But I suppose it is easier to stomach bc Judge and JD are actually very good players, unlike turds like Grishuk who destroy us and nobody else.  
 

More frustrating is the Yankee ownership of Camden Yards since it opened.  I have to find the numbers but they seem to beat us here with more success than any road team should ever have against an opponent.  Although I am sure Minnesota would be jealous of our home record against NY.

[Can_of_corn]

Have they tried pitching better?

 

[owknows]

2 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Have they tried pitching better?

 

No

[Bahama O's Fan]

4 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Have they tried pitching better?

 

Do we have anyone on our team that can pitch better?

[JR Oriole]

Okay I found the numbers.  Yankees 156-102 all time in Camden Yards.  A .605 winning percentage….for a road team in another team’s park.  Only 7 times in 30 complete seasons did we win the season series against them at home.  5 of those times happened from 2013-2017.  
 

Somehow, I actually thought it was much worse than this.  I guess their 15-31 record at Camden from 2013-2017 really hurt the numbers.  

[Can_of_corn]

27 minutes ago, Bahama O's Fan said:

Do we have anyone on our team that can pitch better?

How about on the forty man?

[Bahama O's Fan]

40 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

How about on the forty man?

I don't know if we do. 

[Jagwar]

I would fine any pitcher $500 for any/every pitch to Judge within a foot of the strike zone. 

[Morgan423]

1 hour ago, Jagwar said:

I would fine any pitcher $500 for any/every pitch to Judge within a foot of the strike zone. 

At this point I wouldn't even bother going that far in most cases (trying to pitch around him, I mean... you can still make a mistake, even doing that). 

I'll pitch to him if the bases are loaded, or if they are empty and we are multiple runs ahead.  In ALL other scenarios, I'm just pointing to first base.

[sportsfan8703]

Just IBB him. This is ridiculous 

[NashLumber]

Force him to play on his knees so that he's roughly the same size as everyone else. Each time I see him at the plate with that open stance, I say to myself, "Here he is again. The giant."