The Bronx Bombers belted 241 home runs last season, and from the moment the club traded for Giancarlo Stanton over the winter, fans envisioned a run at MLB’s team single-season homer mark this year. Understandable, considering the incumbent NL MVP and AL runner-up Aaron Judge combined to bash 111 long balls in 2017. Even with some regression, the pair could easily combine to hit 100 this year, we thought.
It didn’t quite work out that way. Stanton, battling continued slumps and trying to play through a nagging hamstring injury, has only compiled 34 dingers to date.