DETROIT — Gerrit Cole has witnessed plenty of greatness from Aaron Judge during their five seasons together with the Yankees.

But earlier this week, even Cole needed a long pause to find the right words to describe what he is seeing from Judge this season in a year where offense is down across the league.

“He’s … he’s just so dominant,” Cole said Monday afternoon at Guaranteed Rate Field, two days before Judge became the fastest player in MLB history to hit 300 career home runs.

“I mean, it’s got to feel as if he’s always around the corner.”