Yankees outfielder and 2024 American League MVP Aaron Judge led the charge, hitting three balls over the Yankee Stadium outfield wall while driving in eight of New York's 20 runs in Saturday's blowout win. He added a fourth homer and three walks during Sunday's 12-3 win that saw four more longballs by the pinstripes.
To Judge's point, he's amassed a career .288/.406/.607 slash line (174 OPS+) over the course of his first 10-plus seasons in the majors. Over that time he's received six All-Star
The New York Yankees have new custom bats that have led to some early offensive success, but star Aaron Judge has opted not to use a "torpedo bat" this year. When asked why he isn't using a torpedo bat, Judge said he can hit the bell just as well without one.
New York's first three homers came off the first three pitches of the game -- an MLB record -- as Judge later hit a grand slam and finished with eight RBI
Aaron Judge is the first player in Yankees history to hit four home runs over the first three games of the season.
Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger and Aaron Judge went back-to-back-to-back on the first three pitches of the game from ex-Yankee Nestor Cortes, the first time ever that the Yankees have started a game with three consecutive homers. No team in MLB history had previously homered on the first three pitches of a game.
Aaron Judge homered once in his first 13 games before setting an American League record with 62 home runs. Last season, he hit .197 through his first 33 contests before ending with 58 homers and a .322 average.
Following Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees' franchise record nine-home-run performance on Saturday, Judge said that while "nobody can replace" former teammate Juan Soto, the team did a solid job filling the void that he left when he signed with the New York Mets.
Aaron Judge became the first player in Yankees history to hit at least four homers in the team’s first three games.