Aaron Judge or Connor McDavid

[Sorry]

I guess this poll needs to be framed more is it Judge this season versus McDavid last season? If it's just for this season, it's Judge, imo. If it's career impact it's McDavid no contest.

 

[Golden_Jet]

McDavid probably doesn’t even make contact against an MLB pitcher. It’s just an irrelevant statement regardless.

You have to look at their dominance relative to their peers.

Agree, you made an irrelevant statement.
Judge won’t end up all time as high as McDavid will.
This is McDavid for the win.

 

[Midnight Judges]

Judge is looking way up to Mike Trout at this point.

This is not a good comparison unless, like ESPN, you think the 97th best baseball player is better than a top 10 hockey player.

 

[x Tame Impala]

Agree, you made an irrelevant statement.
Judge won’t end up all time as high as McDavid will.
This is McDavid for the win.

Judge being Bambi on skates and McDavid having a 0.00 batting average in a full season of MLB at bats has nothing to do with their respective impacts on their sport. You were the one who brought it up

 

[Regal]

I guess this poll needs to be framed more is it Judge this season versus McDavid last season? If it's just for this season, it's Judge, imo. If it's career impact it's McDavid no contest.

I figured it was more just who is better right now in their primes relative to their league. In which case I think that’s McDavid overall based on consistency, but Judge is having a bit better year than McDavid just had. I assumed it wouldn’t be career, because that’s McDavid by a long shot, like you said, and Judge wouldn’t even have the best career out of his contemporaries like Trout.

 

[Golden_Jet]

Judge being Bambi on skates and McDavid having a 0.00 batting average in a full season of MLB at bats has nothing to do with their respective impacts on their sport. You were the one who brought it up

McDavid is the better hockey player.

Can't play baseball for shit though

 

[LightningStorm]

McDavid easily. As others have said, Ohtani and Trout are better baseball comparisons for McDavid. Judge is the best slugger of the 3 and a generational one too, but Ohtani (at least when he's pitching) and Trout are better all around players.

 

[Voodoo Child]

Ohtani > McDavid > Judge

Probably about right. Ohtani is a unicorn, no one can hit over 40 home runs and launch 100MPH fastballs.

McDavid and Judge are close but I say McDavid by a little.

Hand-Eye is a universal athletic skill, you suck at sports without it. He couldn’t handle a guy like prime Verlander or Kershaw but if an average starter threw McDavid 10 fastballs he’d absolutely connect on at least one of them. Judge was a three sport athlete and could probably skate at a low level.

 

[WalterLundy]

Yup the comp should be Ohtani . He’s basically doing things that have never been done. Gotta go him .

Judge has been better than Ohtani since Shohei made his debut. He has a better WAR in less games with Ohtani’s 15 pitching WAR boost. Ohtani is an incredible and unique talent but as arguably a bigger baseball fan than even hockey I’d say he’s got a ways to go to be close to McDavid in a relative sense. There is no player in baseball that is as good as McDavid relatively and I’d easily argue all of the big 4 sports. Especially statistically.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Im not asking career. By Offensive Runs above average, no one is close to Aaron Judge the past 3 seasons. WAR too. The gap is probably similar to GAR/WAR in NHL for Mcdavid.

He's easily the best player in baseball right now. Only guy close to Judge this year is Bobby Witt, who some are saying could be having the best season by an everyday shortstop ever, and he's still not all that close to Judge. If season ended right now Judge is MVP almost unanimously.

Ohtani isn't even pitching this year and being 30 and multiple Tommy John's it's kinda a stretch to just assume he will ever be a highly impactful pitcher again ontop of an elite hitter.

Mike Trout has obviosly had the better career to date and more consistent but his career is in serious jepoardy at this point, his days a superstar likely over. Peak for peak, there's a comparison. It's unlikely Judge and 6'7 frame age like wine, but if he does, and accumulates WAR around Trout's number which is unlikely to go up much more if at all, who knows. Especially if he find playoff success and wins a WS with NY.

This thread shows Judge is still underrated, really.

 

[Video Nasty]

I don't know who Aaron Judge is, but he seems to lead the MLB in home runs, batted runs, as well as total bases. McDavid led the NHL in assists (tied with Kucherov). Went with Judge.

Shocking.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I still don’t think Ohtani has put it together enough to get that designation. Judge is a better hitter and plays a plus defensive position at a decent level. If he keeps it up this year he’ll have two seasons with a better WAR than any of Ohtani’s. Ohtani has to be the player he was last year both ant the plate and on the mound to be considered above McDavid and Judge and he’s only done that for 80% of one season.

I've always wondered if Ohtani being able to do both at a high level (hit and pitch) is why he's so highly regarded rather than because he's actually the *best* at hitting or the *best* at pitching.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

Idk wasn’t judge a star basketball and football player too?

Seems like he’s just absurd natural freak athlete

yeah but skating and doing everything at the same time is prob a tough one to master. I mean who knows some people are just naturally good at everything they try, I would feel better putting money down that McDavid is a better baseball player than Judge is a hockey player though. I dunno just feels like a safe bet

 

[Three On Zero]

Judge is more like the Kucherov of hockey. Excellent player who can challenge the players above him on any given year.

Career wise up to this point I would take McDavid but over the shorter term I would take Judge

 

[Hisch13r]

I don't know shit about baseball but isn't Judge like not even the best player in baseball? McDavid on the other hand is in a tier all by himself.

 

[Ezekial]

McDavid is more dominant in his sport.

 

[Fantomas]

Unless Ohtani is pitching he's not the best in the MLB. He provides nothing defensively. Witt Jr. is probably already better.

I don't know shit about baseball but isn't Judge like not even the best player in baseball?

This year he's the best.

 

[Nadal On Clay]

There are some better options to compare McDavid with in other sports. In the current the NFL; Mahomes is better, Justin Jefferson is better, and for the NBA; Jokic is better.

 

[joestevens29]

Judge is good but he isn’t beating records like Connor

 

[joestevens29]

McDavid easily. As others have said, Ohtani and Trout are better baseball comparisons for McDavid. Judge is the best slugger of the 3 and a generational one too, but Ohtani (at least when he's pitching) and Trout are better all around players.

Trout is the most useless comparison. He’s cooked

 

[joestevens29]

Mcdavid vs baseball he’s best ever

Mcdavid vs nhl players no respect on here
Lol

 

[Bear of Bad News]

Anyone who doesn't vote Ken Griffey Jr. is fooling themselves.

 

[Lunatik]

Probably the two most dominant athletes in major North American sports doing silly things in their sport.

Who do you find more impressive and dominant in their sport

Judge isn't even the most dominant baseballer for f*** sakes

 

[trojansoilers]

What Shohei Ohtani does is equivalent to a hockey player getting 100 pts while playing forward and a .920 save percentage as a backup goalie.

 

[EpochLink]

What the ***** is this poll?

Also, The Man is better.