Aaron Judge of the Yankees was the only member of the top five in Baseball Musings Batter Rankings who played on Thursday. His 0 for 3 with two strikeouts drops him to fourth place as the Twins blow out New York 11-2. The Yankees two runs come on homers by Anthony Rizzo. His three for four day earned him a game score of seventy nine, the best of the day.

Rizzo is off to a hot start after an okay year in 2022. He currently owns a .326/.423/.581 slash line. I suspect the more open field is helping him find hits.

Freddie Freeman of the Dodgers ranks first, Pete Alonso of the Mets ranks second, Yordan Alvarez of the Astros ranks third, and Mike Trout of the Angels ranks fifth.