All Rise as Judge’s next historic season begins for the Yankees
The Captain of the New York Yankees has officially begun his next historic season, but for all the wrong reasons.
All Rise as Judge’s next historic season begins for the Yankees originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The New York Yankees have started off their 2026 season with a red-hot start.
For the first time in franchise history, they started off a season with back-to-back shutouts. Both Max Fried and Cam Schlittler are spearheading a fantastic pitching rotation. At bat, the sole leader of this team finally came to life in the second game of the year.
Aaron Judge launched his first home run of 2026 , and it was a moonshot down the left-field line. As great as it may be for him to not make that 0-5 performance on opening night a recurring thing, there is one stat that should scare Yankees fans. Let's talk about it.
Judge is on a historic pace Now up to six strikeouts in two games, Judge is on pace to absolutely shatter the record for most strikeouts in one season. In 2009, Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Mark Reynolds struck out 233 times. Right now, No.