Aaron Judge hit his 29th home run in Wednesday’s Yankees win over the Athletics. It was the 75th game (out of 77) he has played this year. And the Yankees now have 85 left in the regular season.
If you crunch the numbers, Judge is currently on pace to hit 62 homers. Which would be one better than Roger Maris’ team record of 61 and, in the eyes of many, make Judge the sport’s true home run king.
That said, Judge isn’t even halfway there yet. And there are many other factors in play.