Yank Aaron: Inside Judge’s 2024 home run barrage

It seem༺s like chasing home rꦅun records will be a yearly pursuit for Aaron Judge.

Two seasons afওter hitting an AL-record 62 in 2022, Judge was on pace to challenge that reco๊rd until a 16-game late-season drought scuttled those chances.

The 32-year-old still finished with 58 home runs after goi💞ng long in fiꦕve straight games in the final week of the season.

Another prolific season 🍌is expected to earn him his ♚second AL MVP and gave the Yankees the best record in the American League.

Judge🍰 challenged for the triple crown, leading the AL in home runs and RBIs, while he finished 10 points behind batting average leader Bobby Witt.

Where did they go?

Here’s a look at where all of Judge’s 58 home runs went this season.

Highlight homers:

May 31: Happy homecoming

Judge spurned the Giants in free agency and then crushed them on the fi💎eld. The Bay Area native smashed two hom⛎e runs in his first homecoming game, leading the Yankees to the first of what would be three straight wins in San Francisco.

Aug. 2: 477-foot blast

Balls don’t go that deep in the Yankee Stadium bleachers. Judge rocketed one to left field against the Blue Jays’ Kev🌃in Gausman on Aug. 2 in the fifth inning in what would be a 8-5 Yankees defeat. 🐲It would be his longest home run of the season.

Aug. 14: No. 300

Aaron Judge becomes the fastest player ever to reach 300 home runs, when he hit a three-run shot off of the White Sox’s Chad Kohl in the ninth inning on Aug. 14. Judge 🦩accomplished the feat in 955 games, besting Ralph Kiner who did so in 1,087 ga༒mes.

Sept. 13: Ends drought in style

It had been 16 games since Judge homered last, but he couldn’t have picked a more perfect moment to 🎀end thatꩵ streak. Judge launched a grand slam in the seventh inning against the Red Sox turning a 4-1 deficit into a 5-4 advantage. The Yankees went on to win the game by that score in a win that helped propel them to an AL East crown.

What’s next

Judge leads the Yankees into the postseason — starting with Witt and the Royals in the ALDS on Oct. 5 — a💖s he chases his firsဣt World Series title.

It will be his seventh trip to the playoffs, three of which have ended in the ALCS against the Astr🍸os.