Aaron Judge already adding to Hall of Fame rsum with scorching Yankees start

Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees.This is Aaron Judge’s 10th season in the majors, so he’s played long enough to officially have a Hall of Fame career.And while he already has a few tokens displayed on loan in Cooperstown — including the bat he used in his MLB debut on Aug.

13, 2016, when he and Tyler Austin became the first players to hit back-to-back homers in their first MLB at-bats, and the jersey he wore when he hit the 44th home run of his record-breaking rookie season on Sept.18, 2017, as well as the bat he used to hit his record-tying 61st home run in 2022 — Judge has never been there.“I haven’t,’’ Judge said recently.

“I think they’ve got some things of mine.I’ll go at some point, but not right now.”Asked if he was waiting for an invitation, Judge smiled and said, “Maybe when I’m done playing.”In the meantime, Judge is in the midst of the best start of his career.He’ll bring an incredible .415 average into Friday’s series opener against Toronto in The Bronx, as well as an on-base percentage of .513 and slugging percentage of .734.Those all lead the majors, as does his OPS of 1.247.All of that, and he has “just” seven homers, with his 6.2 home run percentage his lowest since 2021.For a player known for slow starts, Judge has seemingly erased all holes in his offensive game this year.His strikeout rate of 20.4 is by far the lowest of his career and — incredibly — he’s walking at a lower rate than usual.

Perhaps teams will pitch to him more carefully at some point.Judge is also hitting the ball up the middle more than ever before.“We’ve seen how not having Judge behind him has [impacted Juan] Soto,’’ one American League scout said.“But it doesn’t seem to matter who’s in the lineup for Judge.

He keeps getting better and smarter.”Carlos Rodón has noticed the same thing.“You can just tell ho...