A slow start? Yankees' Aaron Judge on pace to break his own AL record
Judge is doing his thing, because that's who he is.
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It kind of feels like Aaron Judge has started the season slow. But it's also clear he's starting to heat up, as he went back and forth with Mike Trout in the New York Yankees ' series this week against the Los Angeles Angels . And now, he's on pace to break his own American League record.
Through Thursday, Judge is on pace for 68 home runs this season. Aaron Judge is off to a relatively slow start for his standards Aaron Judge is on pace for 68 home runs. pic.
twitter. com/o8H6oBS65Q ā AT (@BaseballWRLD_) April 16, 2026 MORE: This second-generation relief pitcher is on an absurd wins pace Judge previously set the AL single-season home run record in 2022 when he hit 62. That, of course, broke the sacred Roger Maris of 61 homers in a season.