Aaron Judge felt the wrath of New York fans after struggling through the first two games of the World Series.
The Yankee captain sank further into a postseason slump in the Yankees’ 4-2 Game 2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night.
The Yankees’ superstar slugger has failed to step up to the plate, going 1 for 9 with six strikeouts in his first two World Series games at Dodger Stadium, dragging down New York’s struggling offense with him.
The 6-foot-7 star went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in Game 2 on Saturday night, struggling to even make contact against an in-form Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
Dodgers reliever Blake Treinen fanned him with Juan Soto at second base during the first out of the ninth inning as the Yankees tried to rally.
Aaron Judge has felt the fury of New York fans after failing in the World Series so far
Tensions have begun to rise in the Big Apple as the series heads to the Bronx for Game 3 and 4 with the Yankees trailing 2-0.
And many frustrated Yankees fans have begun turning against their captain while lashing out furiously on social media.
One fan took to Volpe too.
‘Soto showed up and no one else did until the 9th. Too little, too late. It’s just not a serious team. I guess we’ll at least get back to the Bronx, but my faith is waning. “The team is just not good enough.”
“Aaron Judge is single-handedly tarnishing his own legacy this postseason,” said another. “I can’t even compare him to Mattingly because Mattingly never had a chance in the playoffs until 1995, and he still had a legacy at that time that he had. This is a constant trend for Judge. For a Yankee CAPTAIN to be so poor in the postseason, more even in the World Series… this is something the fans will never get over.’
“The Yankees would be better off with Judge Judy at the plate just like Aaron Judge is doing,” one story fumed, while another joked, “Is everyone up?” More like fries when Aaron Judge hands me my bag at McDonald’s.
Frustrated Yankees fans have begun to turn on their captain as they furiously lash out at X.
“I’m legitimately starting to feel bad for Aaron Judge,” another chimed in. “It’s got to be the biggest shit ever to go from being the best hitter on planet Earth in the regular season to a tryout lacrosse player.” baseball for the first time in the playoffs. It’s crazy.’
Others insisted that Judge’s emergence would be the difference against the Dodgers.
“This series isn’t about anyone but Aaron Judge,” wrote one special media user. ‘If the franchise player you build the entire lineup around doesn’t deliver anything, then you can’t win. Everything else is a facade. He cost this franchise a championship, and that remains on the permanent record.
Another added: “This team needs Aaron Judge.” period. They can’t win a world series without him producing. Just a huge disappointment, holy shit. “Fucking heartbreaking.”
Others insisted that Judge’s emergence would be the difference against the Dodgers.
“I really don’t know if there were two worse, more painful ways we could have lost the first two games of this series. The only constant between the two is that Aaron Judge hasn’t done anything,” a third agreed.
Judge swung and missed six times in his four at-bats in Game 2. The entire Dodgers roster only did that 12 times.
Judge will likely win his second American League MVP award after the season ends, but no one envisions him as an October hero.
He is 6 for 40 with two home runs and a whopping 19 strikeouts in these playoffs, getting his six RBIs during a three-game stretch in the American League Championship Series. He is 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position, and has only one hit in his last 22 at-bats in that situation dating back to past postseasons.