Aaron Judge Returns to Yankees: Expectations vs. Reality

One Aaron Judge is back for the New York Yankees. Tom Vecchio, Joe Ranieri, and Tom, I'm not quite sure I know what to expect with the judge in the house here for a guy that hasn't played in five months, wasn't allowed to throw a ball, swing a bat, run. I'm not quite, apparently we don't go down into minor leagues and do rehab anymore. We just automatically get thrown in a lineup. Is it because it's the Rockies you think that it's batting practice anyway? Because I don't know what the hell to do with him tonight. Home run prop, two to one, I think is what we're seeing. Lying to have not only for his home run prop, but the game overall. And the quote that we got earlier in the day is that Aaron Judge is expected to be, quote unquote, eased back in, end quote, subbed out in some games before he's playing a full nine innings. So, that makes things really, really difficult. And I think the smart answer you could say is, don't bet his props. Joe, if you told me he played five innings and had two home runs, I would be shocked. It's the Rockies. Like you said, it's a pretty soft landing spot that any guy would like to have. But if you told me he also played five innings and just struck out once, a fly ball, and there's a donut up there, just an absolute zero. I'm not gonna be surprised at all. So, if it turns into something that you're unsure about, just stay away. Don't bet into bad lines and two to one home run odds for a player in his first game back. It's kind of crazy. It's beyond crazy. It's almost like, wow, Scoble hasn't really shut anybody out since wearing a Dodger uniform, but I'm supposed to be laying 350 with him tonight against even the, like, what is going on with the prices in some of these spots here tonight, Tom? I, you know, my honest thing, answer at this point is, and I was thinking about this, like seeing he's a pretty crazy mind, is that because NFL's here, the overall volume that the sports folks are taking on these games is lower. So, the bets that they get are moving the lines more dramatically than they would if this was July, just because the overall handle is lower that they have to compensate for that and move them more aggressively. That's what I think.