It’s the middle of June. Aaron Judge entered Friday night’s game in Boston hitting .392. We’re deep enough into the season where we can actually start asking the question:
Can he do this?
Can he hit .400?
On one hand, it is the easiest answer of all: almost certainly not. There is a reason why we are now 84 years past Ted Williams hitting .406 in 1941, and why that remains one of the last true Holy Grails of the sport. There is a reason why less than a handful of hitters have even given .400 a real run, and none since 1994.