In one corner stands 6-foot-7-inch, 282-pound right fielder Aaron Judge. The man who broke the Babe’s record for at-home home runs in a season. Thirty-six of his 55 slams have exited the field at Yankee Stadium this year alone.
To provide context for Judge’s accomplishments, he broke Mark McGwire’s rookie home run record this season and is leading the league with 52 homers on the year. But perhaps most impressive, he is the first and only rookie to have ever won the Home Run Derby. Not to mention that he hit the farthest home run of the year at 495 feet.