Yankees Aaron Judge Powers Way Onto Cover Of Mlb The Show 18

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Outside of last year’s selection celebrating Ken Griffey Jr., the cover representative for the “MLB The Show” series has been fairly easy to predict. Publisher SCEA has generally chosen young sluggers from playoff teams, but not from the two squads that reached the World Series. Judge fits that model precisely, though doing so about a year or two earlier as a rookie than others from the past. 

The meteoric rise of Judge could be tracked through his attributes in “MLB The Show 17,” where he began his rookie season rated 68 Overall and ended as an 88 Overall. His power ratings went from the 60s to the 90s by the end of the year.  “MLB The Show 18” will release on March 27, 2018 for PlayStation 4.

Bryan Wiedey posts sports gaming news and analysis daily at Pastapadre.com, is co-founder of the sports gaming site HitThePass.com, hosts the “Press Row Podcast” and can be reached on Twitter @Pastapadre.