The New York Yankees are not exactly in the best moment of the regular season, however, this Sunday when they faced the Tampa Bay Rays in the last game of the series, who were already four games away from tying them for the lead in the American League East, all eyes were on one man, the stellar outfielder Aaron Judge.
This season’s home run leader is well on his way to making Yankees history, last Saturday he matched his single-season best by hitting a long drive in the ninth inning that did not help the Bronx Bombers come back and they fell 2-1, but this Sunday he was the rallying cry that did propel the Yankees to victory.
Back-to-back home runs for Aaron Judge
Placed first in the batting order for manager Aaron Boone‘s team, he started the game with a 450-foot, 115.3 mph exit velocity that put New York ahead of Shawn Armstrong‘s pitching and ended up being vital to his team’s 2-1 win to move within five games of the lead in their division.
With this, Judge reached 53 home runs so far this year, he is and will be this season’s leader in this statistical department, but what is coming is even better, he is already 8 hits away from matching Roger Maris‘ 61 in 1961, which is the highest number in the rich history of the winningest team in the history of the MLB, which is also an all-time mark in the American League.
Fourth-best MLB mark after 134 games
In terms of MLB’s best mark after 134 games played (which the Yankees have so far), Judge’s is the fourth-best number behind Sammy Sosa‘s 57 in 1999, Barry Bonds‘ 56 in 2001 and Mark McGwire‘s 54 in 1998.
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