Last year, the Yankees hit 241 homers. It was the highest mark in baseball in 2017, and it was one of the 16 highest totals in the history of the game. Perhaps most importantly, it was done entirely without National League Most Valuable Player Giancarlo Stanton, who hit 59 homers for Miami last year and will be a big part of the Yankee lineup in 2018.
The next question, then, is inevitable: Can the 2018 Yankees potentially break the all-time home run record? For nearly two decades that mark has been 264, set by the 1997 Seattle Mariners of Ken Griffey Jr.