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    Aaron Judge’s personal hitting coach trashes Yankees for ‘terrible’ offensive development

    By Andrew Battifarano,

    1 day ago

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    The Yankees are hearing it from pundits, fans and just about everyone with a platform amid a slide that’s carried over from June into July.

    Now, they can add the man who helped transform Aaron Judge’s swing into that group of critics.

    Hitting guru Richard Schenck, better known as @Teacherman1986 on social media platforms, chimed in on X during the Yankees’ 8-4 loss to the Reds on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep in The Bronx.

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    Anthony Volpe gives his helmet to New York Yankees first base coach Travis Chapman after he flied out. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

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    Schenck, who runs Teacherman Hitting and helped launch Judge into superstardom before his 2017 American League Rookie of the Year campaign, slammed the Yankees’ hitting development while praising Judge.

    “They’ve lost 13 out of 18 while he’s hitting like an MVP The Yankees offensive player development is terrible,” Schenck replied to a YES Network post on X that showed how well the Bronx Bombers have played when Judge is hitting well.

    This comes about a year after ex-Yankees prospect Ben Ruta slammed the franchise for how they work with their minor leaguers and develop players, saying the organization was “getting too many of the same guys and trying to make everyone the same player.”

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    Judge, who even gave Schenck a personal shoutout before the 2018 season, has played at an MVP level this year with 32 homers and a 1.135 OPS.

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    Ben Rice strikes out looking to end the ninth inning. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

    Big shout out to my man @Teacherman1986 Thank you for all the hard work and dedication to transform my swing in 2017. Lets have some more fun in 2018! Can’t thank you enough, you are a career changer. #SnapIt pic.twitter.com/SdVWnOdNK8

    — Aaron Judge (@TheJudge44) January 19, 2018

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    After a slow start to the year, Judge has been one of the hottest hitters — if not the hottest — in baseball the last two-plus months after he posted an OPS over 1.300 in both May and June.

    Despite his and Juan Soto’s gaudy numbers, the Yankees’ offense has swooned the past month, and only one other Yankee (Alex Verdugo) not on the injured list and has played in who least 29 games this year has an OPS over .700 for the season.

    Anthony Volpe has been at the forefront of the downslide, hitting .220 in June, starting July going 1-for-14 and losing his leadoff spot in the order .

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    Juan Soto celebrates with New York Yankees center fielder Aaron Judge after he scores on his two-run homer. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

    Regardless of whether Giancarlo Stanton can give the Yankees a jolt when he returns from a hamstring injury suffered toward the end of June — which was expected to sideline him at least four weeks — the Yankees likely needs to get more from its offense outside of Judge and Soto

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