What another good week to be a Rookie of the Year hopeful! Records are just being shattered as baseballs are flying out to the seats and it's thanks to the most powerful rookies we have ever seen. Here's what they've been up to for this week: Cody Bellinger 9/11, at SF: 1-for-4, one run (78) 9/12, at SF: 2-for-2, one run (79) 9/13, at SF: 2-for-4, two runs (80, 81), one RBI (86), one home run (37) 9/15, at Wash: 1-for-3, one run (82), one stolen base (10) 9/16, at Wash: 2-for-3, one run (83), two RBIs (87, 88), one home run (38) 9/17, at Wash: 0-for-4 9/18, at Phil: 1-for-4 Through 7 games- Batting Avg.: .375 Hits: 9 Runs: 6 Home Runs: 2 RBIs: 5 Bellinger did not expect to have a season like this himself, nor did he expect to even have a season. He was asked by reporters this week what his expectations were for this season and he replied that he thought he would be a September call-up. Looks like life has a funny way of thinking... He is now one home run away from breaking the National League rookie record that was set by Wally Berger (1930) and tied by Frank Robinson (1958). That's a good list to be apart of, especially for someone who expected a September call-up. Aaron Judge 9/11, at TB: 0-for-3, two walks (110), one run (107) 9/12, at TB: 0-for-3, one walk (111), one run (108) 9/14, vs. Bal: 3-for-4, three runs (109, 110, 111), six RBIs (90-95), two home runs (41, 42) 9/15, vs. Bal: 0-for-2, two runs (112, 113), one walk (112), one stolen base (8) 9/16, vs. Bal: 0-for-2, one run (114), two walks (113, 114) 9/17, vs. Bal: 1-for-4, one run (115), one walk (115) 9/18, vs. Min: 1-for-4, one run (116), one RBI (96), one home run (43) Through 7 games- Batting Avg.: .227 Hits: 5 Runs: 10 Home Runs: 3 RBIs: 7 Walks: 8 Judge is slowly but surely coming back to form and he certainly is killing it again in the home run department. He has 5 home runs between him and the once untouchable Mark McGwire record. If he keeps on having great days, it will get even more excited to see how close he can get to that. He's helping his team in the Wild Card race by drawing numerous walks and scoring runs from there. He definitely is valuable to this team as they head into the postseason. *knocks on wood* I want to see at least one broken record next week!
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