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Aaron Judge is hitting like Barry Bonds, so where are all the intentional walks?

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Aaron Judge leads baseball in every significant offensive category.

The Yankees slugger has a 1.264 OPS over his past 162 games.

In 2004 , at the peak of his powers, Bonds was intentionally walked a record 120 times.

Judge has been intentionally walked just 24 times over his 162 -game run of brilliance.

In 2004 , Bonds struck out a minuscule 6.6% of the time.

Judge is currently having the best strikeout season of his career.

The ballpark, though, is a real difference-maker.

Bonds was posting slugging percentages north of800. Judge is a legend; Bonds was a god.

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