Yankees legend Lou Gehrig's start to the 1927 campaign places just below Judge on that same list, and he too proceeded to win MVP that year with a .373 average, 1.240 OPS and 173

Chisholm opened the season as the Yankees' second baseman and hit the IL in early May batting .181 with a .714 OPS. However, DJ LeMahieu's return and Oswaldo Cabrera's severe ankle injury forced Chisholm back to third base, where he spent most of last season.

The feeling all along, lying under the surface for baseball fans who may not have even realized they were thinking it, is that eventually, Judge has to drop further away from .400