Oddsmakers have made it clear: Aaron Judge has a solid shot at hitting 60+ home runs once again.
The Yankees slugger is +230 at FanDuel Sportsbook to reach 60 long balls this season for the second time in his career.
Judge also has an outside shot at breaking his own American League record of 62 home runs, which he set in 2022.
FanDuel has him at +430 to hit 63 or more big flies.
Judge is looking to build off an otherworldly first half as the calendar turns to July.
In May, Judge won the AL Player of the Month, hitting .361/.479/.918 with 14 home runs, 12 doubles and 27 RBIs.
He followed that up with an arguably even better June with 11 homers and 37 RBIs while slashing 409/.514/.864, almost certainly locking up a second straight AL Player of the Month.
Before the Yankees’ 5-4 loss to the Reds on Tuesday, Judge was hitting .316/.436/.708 with 31 home runs and 82 runs batted in through 84 games.
Judge hit a solo homer, his 32nd of the season, in their loss to the Reds.
He already entered Tuesday leading the majors in home runs, RBIs, slugging percentage and OPS, among other hitting categories, heading into Tuesday’s play.
This unbelievable stretch has made him the clear-cut favorite to win his second AL MVP award.
After surpassing teammate Juan Soto at the top of the odds board last month, Judge is sitting at -270 to win the award, well above the second-favorite Gunnar Henderson (+350).
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Judge is on-pace for 59 homers, per FanGraphs, which would leave him just short of the big 6-0, although that rate includes his slow April.
If he’s able to keep a pace anywhere close to what he’s pulled off in May and June, we may be seeing yet another single-season AL home run record fall.
