Thread by @trinitywasmine

Judge’s 200th homer came in his 671st career game, behind just Philadelphia's Ryan Howard, who achieved the feat in 2009 in 658 games.

Interestingly, both of these guys came up as old.

Howard hit 2 HR as a rookie when he was 24.
Judge hit 4 HR as a rookie when he was 24.

Judge hit 52 the next year, setting the true rookie record. Ryan hit 58 in his 3rd year. Ryan holds the record for fastest to 100 and 200 HRs.

If you understand baseball, if you understand how athletes age, it is easy to see why Cashman is reluctant here.

a ten-year deal for a soon-to-be 30-year-old player is a terrible baseball business decision. For a 6' 7" giant who weighs 270-plus pounds, well, the historical comps are simply awful.

The odds that this is the absolute pinnacle of Judge's career are 3-1, at worst.

There is simply no chance that Judge will EVER come close to being this good again, EVER.

I am tweeting this so I am on the record. Even if he breaks Bonds' season HR record, he is not worth 10 years, $400 million dollars.

Period. If he was 25 or 26, absolutely.

He is already 30. This is it. This is the best he will ever be. It is awesome. It is historic. But....

Even if he breaks Bonds' season HR record, he is not worth $400 million dollars over the next 10 years.

If Cashman was Danny Ainge, he'd trade Judge for Soto tomorrow.

That is what a ruthless GM in search of multiple championships does.

#PayTheMan
#HereComesTheJudge
#JudgeIsTheMVP
#NYYankees

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