Is the jury still out on Aaron Judge? That’s a rhetorical question, of course: Judge is a locked-in hobby star. With 315 homers and a .288 average in nine seasons, and as captain of the New York Yankees, he has earned his place in the uppermost echelon of baseball’s most collectible stars.
But … the fact remains that Judge continued his postseason struggles in 2024, going 9 for 64 (a meager .141 batting average). A look at eBay auction results shows his playoff performance may have affected his collectibles prices—at least in the short term.
Consider: On eBay in the three months prior to the final out of the World Series (during which the Dodgers dispatched the Yankees in five games), we counted nearly two dozen Judge cards that sold for at least $10,000. Another two the Fall Classic? None.
