 a look at judge since August in 35 games courtesy of Heineken a 301 average 15 homers 23 runs batted in and you just wonder does that swing kind of help team up for what's ahead over the next four days leading into ALDS game one. Yeah I mentioned this all the time I mean players want to go into the post season feeling good about their mechanics about their at bats and if you're Aaron judge right now and the numbers that we just saw he's locked and loaded and I think if you're the Yankees you're gonna feed off of you're gonna feed off of judge maybe Gardner hits third so those are the guys that you feel really good about there are a few in the lineup who are kind of limping to the finish line DD Gregorius is one of those guys Luke Voight what's his position on this team going to be but right now Aaron judge has proved he can do it in the postseason he finished up the year exactly the way he wanted to he's one of the guys that I look offensively to be a leader of this team and I thought he handled himself very well while he wasn't performing well guys there was a portion of the season where he was about one for his last 22 and he kept saying it's baseball you make adjustments and you counter what they're trying to do to you and I think that's exactly what judge did he was hitting too many balls on the ground and that's not where he's going to make his money he has to get the ball in the air line drive slide balls I thought even though he doesn't like to talk about it he raised his hands a little bit in his stance and I think that helped launch the ball elevate that swing a little bit more and John you could I couldn't say it better just how great he feels heading into the postseason the Yankees should feel similarly and we've seen him do well in the postseason with his at bats I kind of relate it back to Tanaka you've seen it before so you trust it that's the way it is with Aaron judge a lot of guys in this line up Stanton is probably the number one guy he finished off swinging the bat well didn't have a ton of at bats but what is he going to do in the postseason that's a big question mark well now that the regular season is in the rearview mirror the Yankees are off to the postseason where yes we'll be with you every step of the way we'll have coverage before and after every playoff game and the journey begins Friday when they open their American League division series against Minnesota to get ready for the playoffs stay tuned after our recap of today's game finishes up for our Yankees postseason preview we will discuss all the key story lines for the team heading into October plus we'll hear what Michael and Buck think we'll have interviews between Meredith and several players including John Carlos Stanton