Yankee Draft `13: Aaron Judge

So according to various twitter feeds Aaron Judge took batting practice with the Yanks tonight and expects to sign.  He's one of the Yankees 3 first rounders, and is notable for being 6'7" 255 and having tremendous raw power.  6'7" OF's are rare, but does that preclude this one from being good?    He's been playing CF for Fresno State, which is a good baseball program and by all accounts has really good athleticism and speed for his size.  He's also got a big arm.   The Yanks list him as as right fielder.  Now who does that remind you of?   Forty yeast ago, the San Diego Padres decided an improbably tall OF named Dave Winfield.  He was 6'6", and went on to have a Hall of Fame career, spending much of it as a New York Yankee.   A second athletic jumbo RF in 40 years seems like too few, rather than a second outlier.   But most of the athletic 6'7" guys who can run play TE in football or the 3 or 4 spot in hoops.

Now, Judge does still have to turn his raw power to game power.   The Yanks have had some luck with those situations.   And don't worry too much about the K's.  Giancarlo (Mike) Stanton, who is 6'6" was a K machine in the Sally league, and look where he is now, and how many Yankee fans want him.   Don't rush to judgement with Judge.   We may have another Winfield-type.