Yankees' Aaron Judge overwhelmingly predicted to retake AL homer crown from Cal Raleigh
This upcoming season for Aaron Judge could be another huge one.
Yankees' Aaron Judge overwhelmingly predicted to retake AL homer crown from Cal Raleigh originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . There are plenty of reasons to be excited about the New York Yankees this upcoming season, but there's no more obvious reason than Aaron Judge.
He's still one of the best hitters in all of Major League Baseball, and while he might not have won the American League home run title last season thanks to Cal Raleigh's slugging 60 homers, there's no reason to believe Judge can't win the crown back. Manny Randhawa of MLB. com shared that, of 57 MLB.
com staff members polled for season predictions, Judge was predicted to be the AL home run champion in 2026 in a landslide. Aaron Judge predicted to win-back AL HR crown "Home Runs. AL: Aaron Judge, Yankees.
This one was a landslide," Randhawa writes. "He's the most feared and consistent home run hitter in the game. " While Raleigh, the Seattle Mariners superstar catcher, hit 60 home runs for an MLB catcher record last season, he's been a far more inconsistent hitter than Judge has been.