ESPN: Yankees achieve a feat not seen in 63 years thanks to Aaron Judge and…
Both Juan Soto and Aaron Judge have become Yankees legends with their home runs.
If an MLB team possessed perhaps the two best outfielders in the league, what could they accomplish? With Juan Soto and Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees are testing that. Between the two, the results are nothing short of amazing, and the team is among the greatest in baseball despite many shortcomings.
With an OPS of 1.149, Judge leads all batters and is primed for another season of 50 home runs or more and almost definitely another MVP title in the American League. Soto comes in second at.994. Superstars like Shohei Ohtani and Bobby Witt Jr. are barely behind him for the next slot on the leaderboard. Only one player in MLB (Kyle Schwarber) has walked 100 walks, and the Yankees studs are the only players with over 120 walks. Additionally, only the two of them had on-base percentages above.400. They’re not that bad.
Bob Nightengale of USA TODAY Sports detailed the remarkable season that Judge and Soto are enjoying together. Two Yankees hitters have not hit 40 home runs since 1961.
The Yankees are vying for the AL East crown in 2024.
No slugger the Yankees have used since the 1960s, including players like Tino Martinez, Jason Giambi, Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, Curtis Granderson, Giancarlo Stanton, Reggie Jackson, and Bernie Williams, has been able to hit 40 home runs in the same amount of time as a teammate. Having made it there, Judge and Soto—who blasted his 200th career home run—are looking to help the Yankees win in October by hitting a lot of long balls.
Though they are still in a close race for the division title with the Baltimore Orioles, the Yankees seem extremely likely to enter the postseason. The Orioles trail them by 4.0 games. They will shortly play three games in the Bronx against each other. In an attempt to win New York its second division championship in three seasons, Judge and Soto will be primed to launch home runs.
