Does Hal Steinbrenner know that Aaron Judge struck out in half his Yankee at bats?

A couple of days ago on the Yankees "Hot Stove" TV program former New York Times write Jack Curry, who now works for the Yankees, mentioned again that Yankee boss Hal Steinbrenner has stated that he expects Aaron Judge to be the starting right fielder in 2017. Curry supported that by assuring viewers that Judge has struggled initially when promoted to higher level leagues but then adapted and succeeded. Curry mentioned AAA specifically.

Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2014	22	-0.1	2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	NYY	131	563	467	80	144	24	4	17	78	1	0	89	131	.308	.419	.486	.905	227	10	3	0	4	2
2014	22	0.5	Charleston	SALL	A	NYY	65	278	234	36	78	15	2	9	45	1	0	39	59	.333	.428	.530	.958	124	4	2	0	3	1
2014	22	-0.7	Tampa	FLOR	A+	NYY	66	285	233	44	66	9	2	8	33	0	0	50	72	.283	.411	.442	.853	103	6	1	0	1	1
2014	22	-0.3	Scottsdale	AZFL	Fal		24	106	90	15	25	5	0	4	15	0	0	13	22	.278	.377	.467	.844	42	4	2	0	1	0
2015	23	-2.6	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	NYY	124	540	478	63	122	26	3	20	72	7	2	53	144	.255	.330	.448	.777	214	15	3	0	6	1
2015	23	-1.5	Trenton	EL	AA	NYY	63	280	250	36	71	16	3	12	44	1	0	24	70	.284	.350	.516	.866	129	9	3	0	3	1
2015	23	-3.9	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	61	260	228	27	51	10	0	8	28	6	2	29	74	.224	.308	.373	.680	85	6	0	0	3	0
2016	24	-2.5	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre	IL	AAA	NYY	93	410	352	62	95	18	1	19	65	5	0	47	98	.270	.366	.489	.854	172	7	8	0	3	0
2016	24	-4.7	NYY	AL	MLB	NYY	27	95	84	10	15	2	0	4	10	0	1	9	42	.179	.263	.345	.608	29	2	1	0	1	0
Minors (3 seasons)					Minors		348	1513	1297	205	361	68	8	56	215	13	2	189	373	.278	.373	.473	.845	613	32	14	0	13	3
All Levels (3 Seasons)							399	1714	1471	230	401	75	8	64	240	13	3	211	437	.273	.367	.465	.832	684	38	17	0	15	3
AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		154	670	580	89	146	28	1	27	93	11	2	76	172	.252	.343	.443	.786	257	13	8	0	6	0

OPS:
AAA 2015: .680
AAA 2016: .854
Yanks 2016: .608 (42 SO in 84 AB)

The SO rate with the Yankees is disturbing, or should be for Hal Steinbrenner, but does not appear to be. Judge homered in his first two Yankee games and that initial high assessment carried him for far too long. After those two games Judge seemed to become completely lost as this demonstrates:

Is Aaron Judge legally blind against lefty pitchers? Saturday, December 17, 2016

Against lefty pitchers: one hit, a single, in 15 AB. Even worse: 10 SO in 15 AB. TEN!

What the heck is that? Judge has only a .679 OPS against righty pitchers but .289 against lefties. That makes Aaron Judge bad against righties and so bad against left handed pitchers that he might be declared legally blind.

Sycophants will offer the lame pun that it's a rush to judgement. But they have no inhibition supporting Judge despite data that suggests that he is not able to perform at the major league level.
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Judge has 1,513 minor league plate appearances. He will be 25 years old April 26, 2017 and will still be considered a rookie in 2017. Judge must make the starting lineup in spring training and then perform at a reasonable level as a starter. Judge really doesn't deserve a lot of patience after all this time. Judge signed with the Yankees July 12, 2013. By mid-season Judge will have four years of professional experience. Judge is not the kid that his apologists insist on calling him. It's make or break time.

Hal Steinbrenner, have you got that?