John Becker

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602 appearances 7 recordings 1 series first heard May 2025 last heard 17 Aug

John Becker’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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And of course, you know, Aaron Judge is Aaron Judge, but he's not swinging yet, so who knows when he'll be back.

I mean, that is a lineup that

For better or for worse, revolves around what Aaron Judge is doing at any given time.

We've seen it in the playoffs when he is hitting that that offense looks like a wagon that no one's going to stop.

And when he's not hitting,

It looks dead in the water.

And it's not to say that they don't have good hitters.

They got Luis Garcia Jr.

at the deadline.

They have Ben Rice who's having a breakout season, but

That entire team is built around the presence of Aaron Judge and whether you believe in lineup protection or not.

He does lengthen the lineup by being there.

They're hitting Spencer Jones third.

The Spencer Jones to Aaron Judge upgrade in the three-spot is a pretty large one.

And it's a lot when your best player that you just assume is going to be in the lineup every day.

suddenly gets hurt with a weird injury with a nebulous timetable and everyone else suddenly has to pick up the slap.

And the fact that they are where they are now and that they keep winning at a pretty decent rate is a testament to their pitching, but

A certain point that offense cannot just get by with.

two, three, even four runs a game, sort of feeling like what they can cap out at, especially in the playoffs when

You know, you get one dud of a pitching performance in a best of three or best of five.

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