The theories about Aaron Judge being “lost” at the plate as the Yankees face a must-win World Series win

Yankees superstar Aaron Judge has certainly heard it all. By far the best batsman in the game, he barely hits the ball.

Are they the great October pitchers? Is the judge doing something different or wrong?

Is it the pitch or the pressure? The mechanics or the approach?

When I hear about it, I can only imagine what he's dealing with.

The theories are almost endless – until he starts as Judge, who led the majors in home runs (58), on-base percentage (.458), slugging percentage (.701) and OPS (1.159) and . 150 in October, with nearly half of his attacks resulting in strikeouts (19 of 40).

According to one NL scout, it's both his mechanics and his approach.

This scout said, “The reason Judge is so streaky is because of his mechanics and approach: 1) He swings uphill, lags on the bottom half… no adjustability.” Limited running accuracy on this swing. Sometimes he gets away with it because he's the tallest person to ever play the game and he can miss balls over the fence, and 2) his approach is to get off his A shot every shot no matter what .

“When was the last time you saw Judge get off balance and take a hit?” The scout continued. “He can't. His mechanics allow for no adjustability and his approach is to swing as hard as he can regardless of pitch. There’s just no fight right now.”

This is a bit of an insider explanation, but it can almost be quite revealing. There are many more thoughts.

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“He’s lost,” says one longtime baseball expert. “He can’t see anything down in the zone with spin.”

An AL scout said he saw the same thing in April before Judge corrected it: “He's deviated from his regular-season approach of hitting the ball right or right-center.”

The pressure to live up to his fabulous regular seasons can be intense for some, an NL scout said. “Sometimes things can get a little quick for some great players when they get on this stage for the first time.”

Another NL scout agrees. “It’s between a fastball and a breakball. I'm guessing a bit. Saw it in Cleveland. Urge…no doubt.”

Others say it's the opposition, and in this case the Dodgers, known as the analytics team, had at least five advance scouts in the championship series.

An AL scout says they have his number. “Such a dangerous hitter when he can stretch his arms, but his main weakness has been there all year – I feel like playoff teams are generally just better at preparing for and executing on each team's main weakness .”