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Judge also eclipsed the 50-homer plateau in 2017 (52), 2022 (62) and 2024 (58). He won the Most Valuable Player Award in the American League in both 2022 and 2024, finishing second behind Jose Altuve (while winning the Rookie of the Year Award) in 2017.
As the 2025 regular MLB season comes to a close, one thing has been made abundantly clear: pitchers do not want to throw to New York Yankees superstar Aaron Jud
Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees hits the ball way out of the park to record his 52nd home run on the 2025 season.
Judge has learned to manage his huge strike zone by being one of the smartest, most well-prepared hitters in baseball.
And while there's no reason to hate on Cal Raleigh, it's also incredibly ironic, because Judge is as hot as he's ever been in his baseball life. Judge is the first Yankee with eight homers and 20 walks in a 15-game span since Mickey Mantle in 1961, according to that same post from NY Yankees Stats.
Judge drove a 96.6 mph sinker from Jonathan Cannon (4-10) into the Yankees bullpen in right-center field for a 3-1 lead in an 8-1 victory. He hit a solo shot six innings later against Cam Booser for his 46th mulithomer game.
Yankees slugger Aaron Judge tied a major league record held by Babe Ruth, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa by reaching 50 home runs for the fourth time.
Mookie Betts, Aaron Judge and Derek Jeter are the only other MLB players who have ever topped jersey sales for three straight seasons, per Foster. Judge's New York Yankees jersey ranked second to Ohtani's as the most popular jersey purchase this season.
The New York Yankees didn’t get style points Thursday night, but they got what mattered most: a sweep. Their 5-3 […]