The Yankees’ struggles on offense early this season were affecting everyone in the lineup. But they’ve caught fire during this hot streak, winning seven of their last 10 games which includes a current four-game streak.

And a lot of that offensive production can be attributed to the two power hitters that are usually back-to-back on Aaron Boone’s lineup card: Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge.

Yankee fans had to love seeing Stanton mash four hits in the 7-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night, including a moonshot homer to left field off Zack Greinke. Judge also collected a 1-for-4 night and a run scored.

Over their last 10 games, here’s what both players have been doing at the dish:

-Judge: .314/.400/.657, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 3 2B,
-Stanton: .477/.489/.818, 4 HR, 6 RBI, 3 2B

Is that production sustainable? If healthy, advanced statistics – thanks to Baseball Savant -- says there’s a good chance it does, which is music to the Yankees’ ears. Let’s explain:

Barrel percentage through the roof

Barrel percentage, or the classification given to batted balls whose exit velocity and launch angle lead to a minimum .500 average and 1.500 slugging percentage, is a good indicator that hitters are making solid contact and the results are on the field.

Both Judge and Stanton are perfect examples of that this season.

Judge owns a ridiculously high barrel percentage at 20 – the MLB average is 6.5 – while Stanton isn’t too far behind at 16.4. But this isn’t an anomaly for these sluggers. In 2017, Judge had a 25.7 barrel percentage when he belted 52 homers in his Rookie of the Year campaign. He’s averaged 19.9 over his career. For Stanton, the same goes. He is actually slightly under his career average of 17.5 (Stanton notched 25 in his first season as Yankee in 2018).

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