He deserves the comparisons and in fact he deserves to be called the first Aaron Judge. He broke a Major League record.
I'm not saying you specifically, but it's amazing to me how this forum tends to jump to the defense of steroid era players, but we have to defend the validity of what Judge did.
No one deserves comparisons to Ruth, Mantle, etc., until they're well into their careers. There is one player you can make the argument for being better than Ruth (Bonds), that's it, And he's played one season with a 30%+ strikeout rate and high luck statistics. He doesn't deserve the comparisons. He deserves recognition for one if not the best rookie season ever, but he does not deserve comparisons to the greats of all time.
Home runs are up because of philosophy not 'juiced balls'. with the advent of shifts stealing singles and doubles, guys go over the shift
lol @ the implicaiton that Judge has gotten cheap home runs at Yankee Stadium. his HR/FB% is so high because he hits the ball literally 3-5 MPH harder ON AVERAGE than anyone else in the league.
He is breaking statcast with his exit velos.
I provided sources for the suggestion that the balls are juiced, where is your evidence for it being because of a "philosophy" changed. Philosophy changes happen overtime, but the homerun explosion has occurred too quickly (up from 0.86 HR/G in 2014 to 1.26 in 2017). That is too big to be explained by shifts, especially when there is strong evidence to suggest the balls are different.
No, the implication is not that Judge is getting cheap homeruns. The implication is that since the balls are juiced, fly balls that normally would have died on the warning track (and yes, Judge does hit deep fly balls that don't go out) now go out. Average homerun distance is up 5 feet from 2014. Judge would have a high HR/FB% in any year because of his raw power, but a 35.6% HR/FB% is abnormal for every player, in every year. He was over 20% in only one MILB season (which is considered a normal number for an excellent power hitter). 35% is insane and points to environmental factors like park factor, or in this case, juiced balls. For example, when Alex Rodriguez hit 57 in 2002 and 54 in 2007 (for the Rangers and Yankees respectively), his HR/FB% was 25.9 and 27.3. Those are "normal" numbers for 50+ homerun hitters. For comparison sake, Stanton's HR/FB was 34.3%. If you want a similarily powerful hitter, there's Ryan Howard, who hit 58 in 2006 with a 31.5% HR/FB%, which is one of the other highest in the past 10/15 years. Stanton and Judge are much more.
Stanton and Judge have huge raw power, but they're not significantly stronger than past raw power hitters. Their HR/FB% shouldn't be significantly above similar players with similar HR numbers.