I'm not looking to micro analyze details. This thread is about what Judge is doing different, and I am claiming that all he did was find the pattern (thanks to Rich). Now his goal is to stay in the pattern.
He may have had to change some setup stuff to get there, but only as needed.
I appreciate your response. To be honest, I have no desire to micro analyze anything either. Been there... Done that... I was just curious about the strike out difference. And it doesn't even need to be Rich dependent. Bonds was able to produce at a high level without strikeouts and I don't buy steroids as the only reason.
In regards to Rich. Kudos to him. If Judge is happy with the results, more power to him. As far as your argument for Rich, I understand, and that's fine. But I could utilize the same argument for Bobby Tewksbary (Josh Donaldson) or Craig Wallenbrock (JD Martinez) or many others out there. Is Rich having success? Sure. But so do others. I realize that some will twist my comments to be an anti-Rich theme, but the truth is I really don't care about all that 'camp' stuff. Never have. Never will. I will leave the 'camp' stuff to others...