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4.) He’s huge. Part of the reason Judge can generate the power to hit baseballs as he does is his massive build. He is 6’7 and weighs 280 pounds. There’s the conventional wisdom that taller players have a disadvantage because their long arms make it harder for them to swing fast enough to catch up to the pitch — but Judge mastered the art of the literal grand slam.

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Tony Clark, head of the Baseball Players Association — who himself played in the MLB at 6’8 — said that this “is why we don’t have many position players 6 foot 6 or bigger,” according to the New York Post. “It is difficult [with] your body consistently in position to execute the same swing over and over again. I had it in windows of time, but never all the time. I’ve never seen it this consistently for a player of this size this early in his career.” (go to page 5 to continue reading) [lz_pagination]