September 23, 2022 - Matchplug Blog

Aaron Judge Could Win The Triple Crown

The Triple Crown is still currently in Aaron Judge’s hands for the time being. The New York Yankees superstar player is setting himself up to be in contention for a title that is very rarely awarded to players nowadays. When we passed the All-Star Break, there were only two players that were really in the conversation to win the Triple Crown. Those being the St. Louis Cardinals first basemen Paul Goldschmidt and New York Yankees Aaron Judge. With the regular season coming to a rapid close, Judge is in the lead to become the 11^th player in AL/NL history to get the Triple Crown. For those that don’t know, the Triple Crown is when a single player is able to lead the league in batting average, home runs and RBIs.

Judge is currently on a record-breaking season, so his inclusion on this list isn’t really surprising. After all, he’s at 60 home runs right now. This is just two away from the AL single-season home run record. It was previously set by Roger Maris 61 years ago. Judge is barely in first place when it comes to batting average at .316. The next closest is Bogaerts at a .314 and Arraez is right behind him at .313. Judge is far and away up towards the top of the home run category at 60 coming into this next game. And finally, he’s batted in approximately 128 total runs.

There has only been one player since the 2012 season that has been able to win the Triple Crown title. That 2012 winner happened to be Miguel Cabrera on the Detroit Tigers. The gap between him and the next title winner was Carl Yastrzemski on the Boston Red Sox. This happened all the way back in 1967.

Triple Crown Could Be Many Firsts

So, assuming Judge can pull away with this title and close it out down the stretch, it’d be a wonderful feat for a few different reasons. The first is that he’d become the third player in Yankees history to win the title. Following both Mickey Mantle and Lou Gehrig. No other franchise in MLB history has watched three players win the Triple Crown. It would be historic for two different reasons right there. Judge would also be the first player in 100 years since the first Triple Crown was won by Hornsby back in the year 1922.

Then lastly, Judge would be able to extend the Triple Crown run in the American League to seven. A player from the National League hasn’t been able to win this title in over 85 years. Goldschmidt could wind up putting together a phenomenal final stretch of the season to steal it back from Judge. But it would certainly take a lot of effort to do so. If he can however, it would be the first National League player to do so in a historic amount of time.

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Arsenal is targeting a Bundesliga winger

Arsenal has started making plans to bolster their squad in the January transfer window as they consider a move for Eintracht Frankfurt’s Jesper Lindstrom.

The Gunners are at the top of the Premier League table now, but they know it would be a very long season and they need depth.

In the last campaign, their failure to bolster their squad in January derailed their bid for a top-four finish and they want to avoid that in this campaign.

The Gunners remain one of the best clubs in Europe this season, but Mikel Arteta wants a new winger and he has identified Lindstrom as a top target.

He helped Frankfurt to win the Europa League last season and caught the eye of the Spanish manager, who now hopes they can secure a deal in January, Matchplug understands.

It remains unclear if Frankfurt will want to lose him in January, but every player has a price and Arsenal might pay his.

Germany vs Hungary Match Preview

Hungary has surprisingly led this Nations League group which also contains England and Italy and the Germans will want to unseat them at the top of the league table.

The Hungarians have won two and lost one of their four matches in the group so far, the highlight of which is their 4-0 drubbing of the England National Team.

Germany sits second in the group and remains undefeated in four matches, although they have won just one of the games.

As the World Cup approaches, they would want to hit their best form and we expect them to try and secure the points in this game.

Hungary has been a tricky team to face, but the German machines have not lost any of their last four head-to-heads, although they have won only two of those games.

When Germany plays at home, they are in top form and they have won four of their last five matches when they are the host, losing none.

The best free prediction for this game is Over 1.5 Goals. for similar predictions click here.

‘We’ll see what happens in the winter’ Chelsea target could make January move

Chelsea transfer target Josko Gvardiol has opened the door to a January move even though he insists he is happy at RB Leipzig.

The defender is just 20, but he has emerged as one of the top young defenders in the world now and the Blues were desperate to buy him in the summer.

They reportedly offered 90m euros to RB Leipzig for his signature, but the Germans turned it down because they consider him an indispensable member of their team.

The Croatian is happy with the decision and insists he wants to remain at the Bundesliga club to improve himself even further.

However, he could agree to a move in January. He said, as quoted by Matchplug:

‘I’m happy at Leipzig, I still have a lot to learn and need to work on myself.

‘I have people who deal with it, I didn’t think about a transfer. We’ll see what happens in the winter.’

Italy vs England Match Preview

Struggling England and Italy would look to get the upper hand against the other when both sides meet in this game.

These nations competed in the final of the Nations League at Wembley last year with the Italian emerging victorious.

The Englishmen will want to take vengeance in this game and it promises to be a tough match for either nation.

Italy shockingly missed out on the World Cup later this year, but they have started preparing for Euro 2024 as their nation hopes they win the European crown again.

But their Nations League campaign has been poor with one win and two draws from their four matches in the group so far.

England has been worse and the Three Lions could be relegated from the group if they lose this game.

They have no wins and two losses from their four group games so far and they will want to earn all three points in this game.

Both teams have cancelled out each other in their last four head-to-heads, with all ending in draws in normal time.

The best prediction for this game is Over 1.5 Goals. For similar predictions click here.

Day: September 23, 2022

Aaron Judge Could Win The Triple Crown

Triple Crown Could Be Many Firsts

Arsenal is targeting a Bundesliga winger

Germany vs Hungary Match Preview

‘We’ll see what happens in the winter’ Chelsea target could make January move

Italy vs England Match Preview

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