Aaron Judge

Aaron Judge moved level with baseball legend Babe Ruth's single-season tally of 60 home runs on Tuesday -- one shy of Roger Maris' American League (AL) ...

"I think when you're doing something like this you don't see it in the moment." "A lot of the stuff I do, it's for those fans," he added. "I think he'll fully realize after the fact.

The Yankees have 15 games left in the season. Barry Bonds' single-season home run record is 73. Aaron Judge has 60 home runs. The chances here are incredibly ...

But I can't shake the dream that Judge might make a run at 73 and/or 74. Remaining on the schedule for the Yankees are eight home games and seven road contests. Another 12 in 14 games would get him to 72 with the final game of the season remaining. Here are some of the most bunched-up runs of homers for him this season: Aaron Judge has 60 home runs. He's just one away from tying Roger Maris' 61 and one more from sole possession of the record.

Aaron Judge hit his 60th home run Tuesday night, matching Babe Ruth and moving within one of Roger Maris's American League season record.

Ruth became the first major leaguer to hit 60 homers when he connected off Washington’s Tom Zachary for a two-run drive to right in the eighth inning on Sept. He answered pleas for a curtain call despite New York’s 8-5 deficit. Receive updates on your favorite Boston teams, straight from our newsroom to your inbox.

Aaron Judge hit his 60th home run Tuesday night, matching Babe Ruth and moving within one of Roger Maris' American League season record.

Ruth became the first major leaguer to hit 60 homers when he connected off Washington’s Tom Zachary for a two-run drive to right in the eighth inning on Sept. [drove a 3-1 sinker](https://twitter.com/Yankees/status/1572414048997711872?s=20&t=fUp36Chp4Y5WTaswyxu7EA) from Pittsburgh’s Wil Crowe 430 feet to the left field seats leading off the ninth inning. He answered pleas for a curtain call despite New York’s 8-5 deficit.

Aaron Judge reached 60 homers when he led off the ninth inning with a drive to the left field bleachers, and the milestone blast sparked a five-run rally ...

Realmuto added five hits and two RBIs for the reeling Phillies, who have dropped five in a row. Cron homered among his three hits and Alan Trejo had two hits for Colorado. Rockies starter Kyle Freeland (9-10) left after allowing three runs -- two earned -- on five hits over six innings. The Royals won for the first time this season when trailing by three runs at any point in the game. Carlos Rodon initially was slated to start for the Giants, but a blister on his pitching hand pushed him back to Friday night. Dylan Coleman (5-2) pitched a scoreless seventh to pick up the win. The Angels broke a 2-2 tie with a three-run sixth inning. Puk, Tyler Cyr and Domingo Acevedo each pitched a hitless inning to complete the gem, with Acevedo earning his third save. The Rays got three hits and two walks from Wander Franco. TJ Friedl homered, and Jake Fraley and Donovan Solano each had three hits for the Reds. He finished 2-for-3, including a key bunt in the eighth. Barnes had three hits for the Dodgers.

'The Sporting News 7' podcast: Talking Aaron Judge, Bills suspension, and some UFC history · MLB: Aaron Judge hits his 60th home run of the season, Giancarlo ...

- NFL: Tampa Bay lose Akiem Hicks for four weeks with a foot injury but sign wide receiver Cole Beasley to the practice squad - MLB: Albert Pujols denies trying to chase 700 home runs despite a surprise appearance for the Cardinals against the Padres - MLB: Aaron Judge hits his 60th home run of the season, Giancarlo Stanton hits a grand slam homer in a walkoff win for the Yankees

We live in a world where people are completely devoid of loyalty … or are loyal to a fault. But that's human nature, isn't it? Perhaps schools in the United ...

Judge is a nice guy and Yankees fans love him, but most wouldn’t hesitate to rightfully take a few bucks/perks from a $7 billion organization that’s largely left fans depressed over the last two-plus decades because of ownership/decision-making ineptitude. In the end, it might be, but usually this type of milestone memorabilia is reserved for the team/league. Though at first glance it seemed Kessler was mobbed at the bottom of the dogpile in the video above, he mentioned after the game that he managed to slide away before being eaten alive by the chaos. Just the way he is, he deserved to have the ball back. The 430-foot homer went deep into the left field seats and commenced a dogpile of fans in the bleachers to scramble for the piece of history. In the end, a 20-year-old fan and a group of his buddies came forward with it.

On Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium, Aaron Judge was one swing away from hitting his 60th home run of the season, which would have made him one of six ...

Michael Kessler, a 20-year-old Yankee fan from New York, was the fan who scooped up Judge's solo shot to the left-field bleachers in the bottom of the ninth. Ok, it was never going to be a billion, but six-figure and seven-figure sums were not out of the question for whoever came out of the scrum with the ball. On Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium, Aaron Judge was one swing away from hitting his 60th home run of the season, which would have made him one of six players in baseball history to accomplish the feat.

The baseball that Aaron Judge sent screaming into the left-field bleachers at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday for his 60th home run of the season was different ...

“It has lent a greater degree of confidence that the artifact is what it is supposed to be,” said Josh Rawitch, the president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. It was handed to a team official, who presented it to the fan in the stands. The ball was handed to Judge, who turned it over to Pecorale. When the stakes are lower than Judge’s home run binge, a ball taken out of play and authenticated in the third inning of a normal game can often be purchased at the team store by the seventh. (That will go on for the rest of the season, regardless of whether they have passed their milestones.) officials have attached the same kind of covert marking to every ball that will be pitched to him for the rest of the season to ensure that no nefarious actors can falsely claim they have a milestone-setting ball. “It allows us to verify some of the biggest moments in baseball history,” said Michael Posner, M.L.B.’s senior director for authentication and e-commerce. Gwynn, who could spot a counterfeit autograph as quickly as a hanging slider, noticed in the late 1990s that some items purported to be signed by him were forgeries. who put his stamp of approval on the ball and several other items that Judge asked to have authenticated. It was a special ball, prepared just for him, and the rest of the balls he swings at this year will be similarly distinct. One is a coded stencil visible to the naked eye. He will be pitched special baseballs for the rest of the season.

Yankees slugger Aaron Judge blasted his 60th home run of the season on Tuesday night. The shot came in the ninth inning with the Yankees down 8–4 to the ...

RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY: Billy on the Street has never failed to make me laugh. Topics we covered on the show include: The latest SI Media Podcast features an interview with New York Post sports media columnist Andrew Marchand. The shot came in the ninth inning with the Yankees down 8–4 to the Pirates. Because while we wouldn’t expect the broadcaster for the opposing team to go bonkers over an opponent’s home run, you couldn’t have been more low-key than Brown. Yankees slugger Aaron Judge blasted his 60th home run of the season on Tuesday night.

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge blasted his 60th home run of the season on Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

However, with Judge on the road to history, he has [committed ](https://www.nj.com/yankees/2022/09/john-sterling-committed-to-calling-aaron-judges-historic-home-runs.html)to being at every game, home or away. Please consider supporting us with a subscription. Here comes the Judge!” He’s tied the Babe! [cutting back](https://www.nj.com/yankees/2022/06/minor-league-announcer-makes-his-pitch-to-replace-john-sterling-on-yankees-radio-broadcasts-im-the-natural-successor.html) on Yankees road games. there it goes ... “Deep to left field ... It’s a Judgian blast, his 60th home run of the year. [YES Network](https://www.nj.com/yankees/2022/09/yankees-mets-fans-should-brace-for-big-changes-to-watching-mlb-on-yes-network-sny-espn.html) [here](https://twitter.com/AndrewMarchand/status/1572414739661078531). [Michael Kay](https://www.nj.com/yankees/2022/09/michael-kay-puts-new-price-tag-on-yankees-aaron-judge.html) and [John Sterling ](https://www.nj.com/yankees/2022/09/john-sterling-committed-to-calling-aaron-judges-historic-home-runs.html)were there to call it. [Here’s ](https://twitter.com/JSterlingCalls/status/1572414209404567553)where to listen to Sterling’s call on [WFAN](https://www.nj.com/giants/2022/08/parent-company-of-wfan-and-wip-starts-implementing-layoffs.html). [New York Yankees](https://www.nj.com/yankees/) slugger hit his [MLB-leading 60th home run](https://www.nj.com/yankees/2022/09/yankees-aaron-judge-hits-60th-home-run-just-1-behind-roger-maris.html) of the season in Tuesday’s [9-8 walk-off win ](https://www.nj.com/yankees/2022/09/yankees-aaron-judge-hits-60th-home-run-but-giancarlo-stantons-grand-slam-walks-off-pirates-in-epic-fashion.html)over the [Pittsburgh Pirates](https://www.mlb.com/pirates) at [Yankee Stadium.](https://www.mlb.com/yankees/ballpark)

With two weeks left in the regular season, Judge is just one home run shy of bringing the American League home run record set by Roger Maris more than 60 ...

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge has hit a major milestone in his career. With two weeks left in the regular season, Judge is just one home run shy of breaking the American League single-season home run record set by Roger Maris more than 60 years ago. Tuesday night, on his home field, Judge hit his 60th home run of the season — matching George Herman "Babe" Ruth.

MLB home run record: List of baseball's single-season homer leaders as Aaron Judge hits No. 60 · Most single-season home runs, MLB. 1. Barry Bonds, 73, 2001 2.

He has 15 games left to attempt to overtake Maris and set a new American League standard for single-season homer excellence. Sammy Sosa, 160, 2001 Sammy Sosa, 157, 1999 Sammy Sosa, 150, 1998 Sammy Sosa, 158, 2001 Sammy Sosa, 149, 1999 Sammy Sosa, 63, 1999 Sammy Sosa, 149 games, 1998 Sammy Sosa, 64, 2001 Sammy Sosa, 66, 1998 Nearly everything pops out from that line, but it's mostly the 60 homers. [Yankees](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/NYY/new-york-yankees/) slugger [Aaron Judge](/mlb/players/2071264/aaron-judge/) [hit his 60th home run of the season on Tuesday night](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/aaron-judge-ties-babe-ruth-with-60th-home-run-sets-up-giancarlo-stanton-walk-off-slam-in-yankees-wild-ninth/live/), in the Yankees' 147th game of the season.

Judge, the Yankees outfielder, is trying to tie and break Roger Maris's American League record for home runs in a single season.

(128 to José Ramírez’s 115), the batting title is the only part of the triple crown that is in question. That has been enough for him to pass Luis Arraez of the Minnesota Twins and Xander Bogaerts of the Boston Red Sox for the lead in the batting race. He has been pitching well, with four straight starts in which he allowed one earned run or less, but he has not pitched deep into games, with only one of those starts lasting a full six innings. The Yankees have been having Judge bat leadoff, so he will almost assuredly be the first person up in the bottom of the first inning. He has already joined his fellow Yankees Babe Ruth (1927) and Maris (1961) as the only A.L. in batting average, home runs and runs batted in since R.B.I. Because Judge has huge leads in home runs (60 to Yordan Alvarez’s 37) and R.B.I. It will be televised on the YES Network in the New York area and on AT&T Sportsnet in Pittsburgh. [first triple crown since 2012](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/18/sports/baseball/aaron-judge-yankees-triple-crown.html), and it would be only the 13th time a player has led the A.L. single-season record, which is 73, is probably out of his reach — Bonds had 64 through 147 team games in 2001 to Judge’s 60 this year — but getting to 62 would give Judge sole possession of the A.L. it depends on how the rest of his Yankees teammates hit. Wednesday’s game between the Yankees and the Pirates is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

With two weeks left in the regular season, Judge is just one home run shy of bringing the American League home run record set by Roger Maris more than 60 ...

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge has hit a major milestone in his career. Tuesday night, on his home field, Judge hit his 60th home run of the season — matching George Herman “Babe” Ruth. 'He's tied The Babe!': Yankees star Aaron Judge hits 60th homer

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[their Top 100 NBA players on Tuesday](https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-top-100-player-rankings-giannis-stephen-curry-kevin-durant-vie-for-no-1-lebron-james-slips/), and it has produced a lot of reactions. Subban and Keith Yandle, who [holds the NHL record for consecutive games played](https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/keith-yandle-nhl-record-holder-for-consecutive-games-played-announces-retirement-after-16-seasons/). Niemann thanked a "ridiculous miracle" for helping him guess how Carlsen would start the game. Another team with high expectations but without a win: the Bengals. The Colts entered the season as a playoff hopeful but are winless so far. The Dolphins -- one of just six undefeated teams left -- are still just eighth in and had the look of a passer who might just have had his moment that will allow his career to take off." The Bedlam Series has been, well, bedlam time and time again. [NHL](/nhl)'s brightest stars now has the NHL's biggest contract. 19) should be outstanding with both teams currently in the AP Poll top 10. - Oklahoma State's non-conference schedule is full in five of the next six seasons. - MacKinnon, 27, was set to become a free agent after the upcoming season.

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And, it's banned book week. Then, in Puerto Rico, recovery efforts are underway for the more than 1 million homes without power. It's banned books week.

Judge will certainly get more than the seven-year, $213.5 million offer he received from New York in April.

If [Freddie Freeman](/mlb/players/1630079/freddie-freeman/) can leave the [Braves](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/ATL/atlanta-braves/), Judge can absolutely leave the Yankees. And when the Angels and Dodgers put eight years on the table, the Yankees went to nine. Now it appears eight years and $37 million per season covering 2023-30 ($296 million total) could be what it'll take just to get your foot in the door to discuss a contract. The bottom line is once Judge hits the market and actually becomes a free agent, the chances he returns to the Yankees go down. The next owner could want to grab headlines the way the [Padres](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/teams/SD/san-diego-padres/) did in 2015, under their new ownership. And Judge seems willing to play the game. [Manny Machado](/mlb/players/1765812/manny-machado/), [Fernando Tatis Jr.](/mlb/players/2507363/fernando-tatis/) [Julio Rodríguez's new contract potentially ties him to the Mariners through age 38](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mariners-sign-star-rookie-julio-rodriguez-to-long-term-contract-extension/). [The Angels are up for sale](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/angels-owner-arte-moreno-exploring-potential-sale-what-it-would-mean-for-the-halos-and-shohei-ohtani/) and who's the say the next owner won't want to make a big splash? Cashman said they included the opt out to give Sabathia peace of mind, that if he didn't enjoy his time in New York, he could leave (Sabathia later leveraged that opt out into an extension). If Judge wants the ability to re-enter free agency at age 33 or 34 (or later), then let him. Given the season he's having, Judge has all the leverage he needs to request a contract that takes him through age 39, similar to Betts. Teams accept the bad years at the end for the elite years up front, and Judge is the best hitter in the sport right now.

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge hit his 60th home run Tuesday into Yankee Stadium's left field seats where a college student retrieved it.

[MLB-leading 60th home run](https://www.nj.com/yankees/2022/09/yankees-aaron-judge-hits-60th-home-run-just-1-behind-roger-maris.html) of the season in Tuesday’s [9-8 walk-off win ](https://www.nj.com/yankees/2022/09/yankees-aaron-judge-hits-60th-home-run-but-giancarlo-stantons-grand-slam-walks-off-pirates-in-epic-fashion.html)over the [Pittsburgh Pirates](https://www.mlb.com/pirates) at [Yankee Stadium.](https://www.mlb.com/yankees/ballpark) [Aaron Judge](https://www.nj.com/yankees/2022/09/hear-michael-kay-john-sterling-call-yankees-aaron-judges-60th-home-run.html) looks to make history, some fans may be looking to make some cash.

There are a few sleeper teams for Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge in free agency, including the Cubs, White Sox, and Giants.

They are going to spend money this offseason, so they could be in on Judge. The Chicago Cubs could definitely be in on Aaron Judge. However, some teams could be in on him, and they would be sleepers behind the Yankees.

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Aaron Judge is a mountain of a man. At 6-7, 282 pounds, Judge towers over his MLB peers.

The marvel of Aaron Judge is not solely the home runs. And so is the fact he can add to that current 60 home run total. If Soto is worth $440M at the age of 23, what is Judge worth at the age of 30 with a legendary career that now includes a feat accomplished by Babe Ruth? He is living in the moment, and enjoying every minute. At the start of play September 21, Judge has a batting average of .316, one point ahead of Xander Bogaerts of the Boston Red Sox. Judge promptly hit a solo homer to deep left field at Yankee Stadium that put his team back in play. One must remember that when he was with the Washington Nationals, outfielder Juan Soto rejected a 15-year, $440M offer. He drove in 114 runs. So of course the question is quite simple. Every game is important to the Yankees, even with their comfortable lead over second place Toronto in the American League East. At the start of play September 21, Judge has gone to the plate 636 times. If he stays as healthy as he is now, he has many good baseball years ahead.

Watch Aaron Judge continue his pursuit of the home-run record book Thursday night when the Yankees host the Red Sox (7:15 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports App) ...

[ Major League Baseball](/stories/mlb/dodgers-dave-roberts-has-heavy-heart-after-death-of-mentor-maury-wills) [Kyle Schwarber](https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/kyle-schwarber-player) of the [Philadelphia Phillies](https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/philadelphia-phillies-team). Judge is slowly allowing himself to embrace the moment, largely at the behest of his teammates and manager. Security is being positioned between the foul lines and in the outfield bleachers, ready to assist whoever makes what could be a life-changing catch. Most surprising of all is that there are still reasonably priced tickets available, thanks to the Yankees' cool-off after a blistering start. Major League Baseball has busted out the marked balls, a special depiction imprinted to commemorate an occasion everyone expects to arrive swiftly. The asterisk attached to Maris' 61 (because his achievement came in more games than Ruth's) stayed in place far too long before being removed in 1991. When Maris swung, Durante stood on his seat in right, stuck out his paw — and it stuck. Not just Maris' feat from six decades past, but Maris the man, a character treated unjustly by New York sportswriters of the time, who openly wished for cult hero Mickey Mantle to break Ruth's iconic figure instead. ET). Judge is shoulder-to-shoulder with The Babe's 1927 campaign now, and one shy of Maris' haul from 1961. [when the Yankees host the Red Sox (7:15 p.m.

It was a number we didn't even think about when we were kids. Only if you were born in a specific time, where you were an impressionable youth between ...

It becomes the only number of the 2022 season. They did have the good sense to take it down, but as we know everything lives forever on Twitter and the internet. The Yankees tried to get Judge a contract extension for less than he was worth, and he decided to show them how much more it was going to cost them to now give him what he’s worth. As [we’ve previously said](https://deadspin.com/aaron-judge-is-the-king-but-not-for-the-reasons-some-n-1849479798), it doesn’t really matter how anyone views the seasons of Barry Bonds or Sammy Sosa or Mark McGwire, the only modern players to get above 60 home runs in a season. [most of it from Jon Heyman](https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1572443617343541249), it’s still worth the time to marvel at 60 home runs in a season. It used to be you could count on a fastball when ahead in the count.

Aaron Judge continues to chase to move past Roger Maris' American League season record for home runs as the New York Yankees take on the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Given his success, the team he plays for, and even his stature, it would be unfair to describe anything Judge is doing as under-the-radar. His 2022 season, barring a finishing slump of epic proportions, will go down as one of the best offensive campaigns of all time. If you want to say it deserves a place behind Bonds and McGwire, there’s an argument to be had there, but ultimately we’re still looking at a performance the likes of which is rarely seen. As much as the Yankees, and anyone who wears pinstripes, engender hatred among baseball fans across North America, that deserves to be appreciated. That means the only guys to post an OPS+ better than Judge over a full season without asterisks were Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle in 1957. Firstly, only 39 of the 46 seasons that exceed Judge’s OPS+ occurred prior to 1947.

Aaron Judge enters with 60 home runs; will he tie Roger Maris on Wednesday night?

Pittsburgh](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/aaron-judge-home-runs-how-to-watch-yankees-vs-pirates-live-stream-tv-channel-as-record-chase-continues/). [eyes the AL Triple Crown](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/aaron-judge-eyes-triple-crown-yankees-star-chases-home-run-record-historic-season/) in addition to the home run record. Judge is averaging a home run once every 2.45 team games in 2022 and is on pace to hit 66 by the end of the season (the Yankees have 14 games remaining after Wednesday).

Judge is only one home run away from tying Roger Maris' American League single-season record of 61.

Judge and the Yankees are hosting the Pirates at 7:05 p.m. [hit his 60th home run](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/aaron-judge-ties-babe-ruth-with-60th-home-run-sets-up-giancarlo-stanton-walk-off-slam-in-yankees-wild-ninth/live/) of the 2022 season against the Pirates on Tuesday, the first of a two-game series. Whether he is chasing records or not, Judge still has 15 more games left in the regular season to continue adding his name to the history books. "The numbers, they're just numbers," Judge said. Here is a [list of baseball's single-season homer leaders.](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-home-run-record-list-of-baseballs-single-season-homer-leaders-as-aaron-judge-hits-no-60/) While Yankee fans have this in the back of their mind, Judge said on Sunday that he is not focused on stats and records.

Karl Ravech, ex-Yankees pitcher David Cone, and Eduardo Perez will have the main game call on the flagship ESPN channel. YES Network announcer Michael Kay and ...

On Wednesday, for example, ESPN will cut in from live soccer coverage when No. Viewers will see a double-box with soccer on one side and Judge on the other. 99 comes to bat with the chance of tying, or beating, Roger Maris’ record. As one of MLB’s national TV partners, ESPN pays the league $550 million for the rights to Opening Night, 25 “Sunday Night Baseball” games, the Home Run Derby, and the Little League Classic. Of course, the Worldwide Leader in Sports is hoping and praying the Judge drama will last until Sunday during ESPN’s exclusive telecast of “Sunday Night Baseball.” ESPN will offer live “Look-In’s” to TV viewers during Aaron Judge’s at-bats this week as he seeks the American League home run record.

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge could still leave the team in free agency, according to ESPN's Buster Olney.

[CAESARS SPORTSBOOK](https://elitesportsny.com/link/caesars-new-york/) The Dodgers, [Mets](https://elitesportsny.com/teams/mets/) and others also lurk. [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). [who play two hours from Judge’s hometown of Linden, California](https://elitesportsny.com/2022/06/07/aaron-judge-yankees-giants-mets-free-agency/) — will be serious players for his services. He turned it down, bet on himself and has proceeded to have one of the greatest seasons in the history of the sport. If another team like the Giants throws $350 million at him, will the Yankees wave the white flag?”

Bonds, Sosa and McGwire have more home runs in a season that Maris. But those three played during the steroids era.

But what about the records set with the help of PEDs? We welcome discussion from readers of all ages, but please follow our community rules and make comments appropriate for that age group. It is interesting that no player until Judge has hit 60 home runs since MLB began testing. As a result, many players — not just Bonds, Sosa and McGwire — cheated by takings these drugs. However, Bonds was one of 89 players named in the 2007 Mitchell Report, the results of an independent investigation about PED use in baseball. But Bonds, McGwire and Sosa cheated when they hit their marks.

Judge will go for home run No. 61 (and maybe 62?) on Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium.

Judge is hitting .491 with an eye-popping 1.636 OPS and nine home runs in his last 15 games (57 at-bats). Contreras has appeared in just 19 games in his MLB career so far and has never faced Judge or the Yankees. Judge is now one of just six players with a 60-homer season in [MLB](/mlb) and he moved into a tie with Babe Ruth for eighth-most in a single season. 61, will tie him with Roger Maris for the most in American League and Yankees single-season history. Judge enters Wednesday's game tied for eighth on the single-season MLB home run list and tied for second on the American League single-season home run list. Judge has hit three homers in his last two games and now has 60 home runs on the season.

Aaron Judge is having a season for the ages and leads the league in a host of statistical categories placing him at the top of the odds to win the AL MVP.

The bigger question will be, will he remain in Yankee pinstripes or go elsewhere? On top of the staggering home run numbers, he is the American League triple crown leader (.316/60/128) and is 14 points off his batting average from being the league triple crown leader (Freddie Freeman leads the league with a .330 average). A ten-year, $400 million deal with incentives would give him an AAV of $40 million which would rank him #2 by AAV behind only Max Scherzer ($43.333 million) and rank him #1 as a position player placing him ahead of Trout (AAV of $35,541,667). [turning down](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/aaron-judge-extension-gm-brian-cashman-confirms-no-deal-prior-to-deadline-yankees-offered-over-200-million/) a seven-year, $213.5 million extension offered to him by the Yankees in Spring Training this year. Mike Trout’s 12-year $426.5 million contract is currently the highest total value in MLB history. Give it to Aaron Judge: the man bet on himself and will reap the rewards this off-season when he becomes a free agent.

The name Aaron Judge and the word "history" have been used in the same sentence quite a bit lately, and for good reason -- Judge became the sixth player in ...

The feat is so rare that no other team has hit a pair of consecutive-inning grand slams against the same opponent at any point in its history -- not to mention the same season. [Manny Randhawa](mailto:[email protected]) is a reporter for MLB.com based in Denver. [walk-off grand slam to secure a 9-8 win](https://www.mlb.com/news/giancarlo-stanton-hits-walk-off-grand-slam-vs-pirates). Then, in the first inning Wednesday against Pittsburgh, rookie [Oswaldo Cabrera](https://www.mlb.com/player/oswaldo-cabrera-665828) belted a grand slam to open the scoring. The others involved the Red Sox in 1955 and the Dodgers in 2017, according to Stats Perform. But Judge's teammates have been making some history of their own.

A graduate of Linden High, Aaron Judge's coach says the barrier-breaking athlete still holds records on campus and in his conference.

It's wild to think about how much Aaron Judge has moved the needle in terms of everyone's expectations of him.

Nevertheless, we are in the middle of history, and with Judge approaching free agency after the season, he couldn’t have chosen a better year to etch his name into the pantheon of all-time greats. [historic](https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-aaron-judge-blasts-60th-homer-for-mlb-history/) 60th home run in a [thrilling walk-off victory](https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-twitter-explodes-after-aaron-judges-60th-hr-giancarlo-stanton-walkoff-grand-slam/) against the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday. I’ve gotta cut out this doubles stuff, I guess,” Judge added.

Aaron Judge went 2-for-4 with two doubles Wednesday night, improving his batting average to .317, now tied with Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts for ...

He is now just one home run away from tying Yankees great Roger Maris for the single-season American League record. The next-closest challenger for the home run crown in the American League is Los Angeles Angels designated hitter and pitcher Shohei Ohtani, with 37. With two weeks remaining, the batting title race is far from over, however.

He also leads the AL in batting average, meaning he's currently in line to be the Triple Crown winner. Only Miguel Cabrera in 2012 has done that in the last 55 ...

He has 15 games left to attempt to overtake Maris and set a new American League standard for single-season homer excellence. Sammy Sosa, 160, 2001 Sammy Sosa, 157, 1999 Sammy Sosa, 150, 1998 Sammy Sosa, 158, 2001 Sammy Sosa, 149, 1999 Sammy Sosa, 63, 1999 Sammy Sosa, 149 games, 1998 Sammy Sosa, 64, 2001 Sammy Sosa, 66, 1998 Nearly everything pops out from that line, but it's mostly the 60 homers. He also leads the AL in batting average, meaning he's currently in line to be the Triple Crown winner.

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge went into Wednesday night's game sitting on 60 homers, two away from a new American League record.

[ STUBHUB](https://fave.co/3OHdwWp), [VIVID SEATS](https://fave.co/3nwfJYW), [ TICKETSMARTER](https://fave.co/3AoJ7rO), [ TICKETMASTER](https://fave.co/3An8tWT) [Aaron Judge](https://www.nj.com/yankees/2022/09/yankees-aaron-judges-60th-home-run-proves-hes-babe-ruth-derek-jeter-hybrid-klapisch.html)’s walk-up song, and he pranced to the plate five times during [Wednesday night’s 14-2 Yankees win](https://www.nj.com/yankees/2022/09/yankees-aaron-judges-chase-of-roger-maris-pauses-in-lopsided-win-over-pirates.html) over the Pittsburgh Pirates, like a hungry tiger ready to hunt down his next meal.

Aaron Judge was born in the Bay Area, specifically in the tiny town of Linden, Calif. He went to Linden High School and, later, Fresno State.

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Aaron Judge's historic season has captivated the betting public to the point where some sportsbooks have reported taking more bets on the New York Yankees ...

Judge hitting a home run Thursday against the Red Sox was the most popular MLB player prop at DraftKings. "Fans packed it out to see us win a ballgame and see some homers," Judge joked after the game. BetMGM reported there were more bets on Judge's home run prop odds than there were on the outcome of the Pirates-Yankees game.

Aaron Judge has taken New York Yankees fans on an unforgettable ride with his pursuit of Roger Maris and baseball history.

[for next to nothing](https://www.nj.com/yankees/2022/09/why-i-gave-yankees-aaron-judge-his-60th-home-run-ball-back.html). The PED cheats might have stolen some of the national attention on what Judge is doing this month, but in the Bronx, they can’t drain the excitement. This was still a chance to watch a player during one of the best individual seasons in baseball history, and a chance to dream about leaving with a historic baseball. The next few home run balls that Judge hits will be flying lottery tickets, and as a result, fans came prepared. “We’re seeing history no matter what happens,” said Best, whose own glove made the trip across the George Washington Bridge, too, just in case. The debate over what to do with said baseball was raging all over the Bronx. Judge grounded the first pitch harmlessly to first base, and all 46,175 people in the ballpark let out a groan. Fans have 162 chances a season and, if they’re lucky, thousands upon thousands over a lifetime to see something special at the ballpark. It was hard for anyone to leave the Bronx disappointed, to be clear, but everyone arrived a few hours earlier expecting to witness history. But as they flashed wide grins covered with braces and held up matching signs with bright red bullseyes for Judge, I certainly wasn’t going to be the one to tell them. Okay, so maaaybe they aren’t the first to come up with this idea. The two purchased the cheapest seats available, just $7 a piece even after the fees, and then sneaked down to the good seats.

MLB Network's Harold Reynolds claimed that there was a trade in place that would send Aaron Judge from the New York Yankees to the Los Angeles Angels.

Judge is set to become a free agent at the end of the year, and he is not only on the brink of breaking the AL single-season home run record, but on pace to hit the Triple Crown. Prior to the start of the 2022 campaign, Judge and the Yankees could not agree to terms on a contract extension. In the process, Harold Reynolds decided to drop a claim that he heard that there was a trade in place in spring training this year that would send Judge from the Yankees to the [Los Angeles Angels](https://fansided.com/mlb/mlb-teams/los-angeles-angels/).

Aaron Judge bet on himself and won big. Jake Mintz looks at which teams will be in on him this offseason and where the bidding might start.

[ Major League Baseball](/stories/mlb/aaron-judge-is-at-the-precipice-of-history-lets-savor-his-brilliance) Follow him on Twitter @ [Jake_Mintz](https://twitter.com/jake_mintz). [Seattle](https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/seattle-mariners-team) pulls off a 1995 redux, maybe Toronto's lineup overpowers New York's bullpen, maybe the [Astros](https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/houston-astros-team) are just too damn good. [CespedesBBQ, ](https://twitter.com/CespedesBBQ)is a baseball writer for FOX Sports. 1 in uptown Manhattan, and [Ron Marinaccio](https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/ron-marinaccio-player) is on a beach in Tortola by Nov. A $220 million deal and a $300 million deal are very different (mathematicians know it's exactly $80 million). Hours before first pitch against the [Red Sox](https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/boston-red-sox-team), [Yankees](https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/new-york-yankees-team) GM Brian Cashman revealed that the gargantuan outfielder had declined the team's seven-year, $213.5 million extension offer. Cohen, the 96th-richest human currently sucking in air, has run the Mets like a video game in which all rules are off and all cheat codes are on. [Aaron Judge](https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/aaron-judge-player) gambled on himself. The Yankees will have the money, the will and, if their mediocre 2022 lineup is any indication, the need. He is, the thinking goes, worth more to the Yankees than to any other team. But at the time, New York's proposal was regarded as fair, if not a slight overpay in Judge's favor.

Judge has a chance to set a new AL homer record and then some in the coming days.

Despite a recent poor stretch, the Yankees are a postseason lock and the ultimate goal is winning the World Series (Judge himself would tell you that), so they will do what they think is best to make sure the team is in the best position heading into October. [Ryan Howard](/mlb/players/448940/ryan-howard/) slugged 58 homers in his 2006 NL MVP season. [Giancarlo Stanton](/mlb/players/1630093/giancarlo-stanton/) made MLB's last run at 60 homers, going deep 59 times in his 2017 NL MVP season. Judge can hit the ball out of any part of any park. [seven-year contract extension worth $213.5 million](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/aaron-judge-extension-gm-brian-cashman-confirms-no-deal-prior-to-deadline-yankees-offered-over-200-million/). According to Statcast, Judge has hit only two home runs this season that would have been homers at Yankee Stadium and only Yankee Stadium: a 364-footer vs. Before we go any further, I should note only eight times in MLB history has a player hit 60 home runs in a season, and six of the eight came during the so-called Steroid Era. The race for the home run title isn't much of a race at all. [The Yankees star clubbed his 60th home run of the season on Tuesday night](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/aaron-judge-ties-babe-ruth-with-60th-home-run-sets-up-giancarlo-stanton-walk-off-slam-in-yankees-wild-ninth/live/), joining an exclusive list of sluggers and putting him one homer away from tying Roger Maris for the American League single-season record. But (we) would be excited for (Judge if) he is able to achieve (the) monumental task. It was a bold decision, no doubt about it, and Judge has responded this season by doing what seemed impossible: [he's made himself more money](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/aaron-judge-contract-predicting-what-kind-of-deal-yankees-star-will-get-in-free-agency-after-historic-2022/). [Aaron Judge](/mlb/players/2071264/aaron-judge/) has joined MLB home run royalty.

The baseball world remains intently focused on the Yankees' Aaron Judge and the Cardinals' Albert Pujols as they make simultaneous pursuits of history.

the Red Sox) and [the Cardinals](https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/news/how-to-watch-cardinals-dodgers-on-apple-tv-september-23-2022) (10:10 p.m. [The Yankees](https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/how-to-watch-red-sox-yankees-on-apple-tv-september-23-2022) (7:05 p.m. Here’s where he stands in each category (through Wednesday): Judge: The Yankees’ matchup against the Red Sox (1:05 p.m. Pujols, meanwhile, is two homers shy of joining Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds in [the 700 home run club](https://www.mlb.com/cardinals/news/albert-pujols-2022-milestone-tracker). It would be the fifth 65-plus homer season in MLB history. Fans can access Friday Night Baseball games on Apple TV+ [in the following ways](https://www.mlb.com/live-stream-games/help-center/subscription-access-apple-tv-plus-gotw): 10, a rate of one homer every 3.4 team games. ET at the Dodgers) are both part of this week’s [Friday Night Baseball](https://tv.apple.com/us/room/apple-tv-major-league-baseball/edt.item.62447838-5b9f-4698-80eb-25cb730925bb) doubleheader on Apple TV+. If he keeps up that pace, he would finish with 65 homers, the most anyone has hit in a season since Barry Bonds had an MLB-record 73 in 2001. [American League record of 61 homers](https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/2022-aaron-judge-home-run-pace-tracker) from 1961, he’s also contending for [the Triple Crown](https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/aaron-judge-triple-crown-chase) -- the league lead in batting average, homers and RBIs. [Aaron Judge](https://www.mlb.com/player/592450) and the Cardinals’ [Albert Pujols](https://www.mlb.com/player/405395) as they make simultaneous pursuits of history.

Aaron Judge is likely to become the highest-paid MLB player in 2023. We predict how much money the Yankees outfielder might make in his new contract.

[Michael Kay believes](https://twitter.com/TMKSESPN/status/1570131149288263680?s=20&t=DZrHyzy1w6NzoYBiTgc_MQ) that the Yankees need to go at least $100 million over their last offer, bringing the offer to $313.5 million, but even that seems low. [2022 season tear](https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/how-many-home-runs-has-aaron-judge-had-2022-regular-season), it's more than reasonable that he could land a massive 10-year contract. A 10-year $400 million deal would give Judge an AAV of $40 million, which would put him in the No. [Mike Trout](https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/sports/mike-trout-to-captain-team-usa-at-2023-world-baseball-classic/2948453/) signed the largest contract in professional sports history, that was worth $426.5 million. [Triple Crown](https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/giants/aaron-judge-paul-goldschmidt-race-toward-baseballs-triple-crown), the New York Yankees star outfielder is showing up and out this year. Judge ultimately agreed to the $19 million midpoint,