It’s taken Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge 371 games or 1,109 total days since his first home run to become the third-fastest player in Major League Baseball history to achieve 100 career long balls.
Only four days since teammate Gary Sanchez became the second-quickest in baseball history to reach the 100 homer mark (355 games), Judge has now homered in five of his last eight games — four of his last five and his latest dinger came off the bat at 114.1 MPH according to Statcast.
Getting hot at precisely the right time, that three-week slump is officially in Judge’s rearview mirror (.