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Voit is also big, but not in the way that the Yankees’ most famous players are. When you look at Judge, Stanton, and Cole, you can tell they’re all powerful athletes. When you look at the 6-foot-3, 255-pound Voit, you don’t see a Yankees superstar.
It was a fitting bookend for Vogt, whose first career MLB hit was also a home run to almost the exact same part of the ballpark. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. MLB Scores Yesterday's MLB Games, Scores from any date in Major League history, MLB Probable Pitchers, Baseball-Reference Stream Finder, ... Sign up for the free Baseball Reference newsletter and get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day. In the Yankees' seven-run second inning, Voit clobbered a three-run blast off Blue Jays' right-hander Taijuan Walker. Four innings later, he went yard again—a solo shot off Ken Giles—extending New York's lead to 17-3.
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After his multi-homer night last week, however, he confirmed he has no intentions of missing any time moving forward. For much of the night, it looked like they might be headed there. And considering the way his first two at-bats went, Voit proved something of an unlikely hero. The hulking Padres slugger struck out in the second and fourth innings.
The solo shot in the sixth, sneaking over the wall in straightaway left, gave Voit some breathing room atop the leaderboard. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
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In 2017, Voit made his MLB debut for the Cardinals at the ancient age of 26. The next year, he was traded to the Yankees and rose from oblivion to club 14 homers in just 39 games. We’ve all fallen in love with Half-Season Home Run Guys—players who show up and find inexplicable power streaks before disappearing forever. (For me as a young Yankees fan, this was Shane Spencer in 1998; for my Mets fan friends, it was Mike Jacobs in 2005.) Half-Season Home Run Guys don’t feel like the future of your franchise. That 47.2 percent mark is the worst in baseball among hitters with at least 50 swings. This is just the 13th game Voit is playing in this season.
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The Yankees have earned a reputation for trying to buy their way to success. Now they’re led by Voit, who was set to make $634,000 this year before the players’ salaries were reduced amid the pandemic-shortened season. The Yankees are a team full of big baseball bangers with megamillion-dollar contracts. They have Aaron Judge, a 6-foot-7 powerhouse who could’ve played college football as a tight end and led the AL in home runs in 2017. They have Giancarlo Stanton, a 6-foot-6 former MVP who dominates baseball’s exit velocity leaderboard and twice led the NL in home runs. They have Gerrit Cole, a 6-foot-4 ace who throws one of baseball’s most overpowering fastballs and signed a $324 million contract this offseason.
The first baseman has been dealing with "foot stuff" this season, something Yankees' manager Aaron Boone first revealed two weeks ago. On Friday, Voit powered the Yankees to a win over the Orioles with a pair of three-run homers, tying Trout for the Major League lead. NEW YORK — There's less than two weeks left in the regular season and Luke Voit is leading all of Major League Baseball in home runs. Voit pulverized a hanging slider from Pirates right-hander Wil Crowe.
He averaged a home run every 9.7 at bats; even as the game has come to revolve around the long ball, nobody has hit homers at that rate over a full season since Barry Bonds in 2004. The shortened season surely helps Voit in that stat, but he isn’t a fluke. Since coming to New York in July 2018, Voit has hit 57 home runs in 213 games. In the same span, Stanton and Judge have combined for 58 home runs in 237 games. This mound of baseball brilliance is outslugging the guys who look like they were born to slug.
LeMahieu hit .364, the highest for an AL batting champion since Minnesota's Joe Mauer hit .365 in 2009 and well ahead of 2019 AL batting champion Tim Anderson of the Chicago White Sox, who finished second at .322. LeMahieu won the NL batting title with Colorado in 2016. In a lineup that features Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton, the most reliable power source has been a player who was once acquired for next to nothing. Boone’s decision to pull Voit for Wade’s speed loomed large in the eighth when his spot in the lineup was due with the tying run on second base and one out. Vogt made two All-Star teams and won a World Series last season with the Atlanta Braves. From the look on Vogt's face, Wednesday rated with the best moments of his career.
When future baseball fans look back at the 2020 MLB season, they could view this year’s statistical leaders with skepticism. That was the year teams played only 60 games, they’ll say. That was the year with no fans, the funny extra innings rule, the seven-inning doubleheader games, and the bubble postseason.
Wil Myers’ broken-bat RBI single gave San Diego its first lead in the eighth. Taylor Rogers locked down the ninth inning with his Major League-leading 17th save. The Padres won, 4-3, again stifling any semblance of a losing streak.
It was also the difference in a 3-2 win for the A's. Stephen Vogt announced in September that he was retiring from baseball after 10 MLB seasons. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. Playing virtually everyday, lessening the blow of injuries to sluggers Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton, Voit's dealt with some "wear and tear" on his undisclosed condition.
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