{"id":89494,"date":"2025-06-08T23:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T23:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/89494\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T23:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T23:02:12","slug":"mlb-makes-strong-aaron-judge-statement-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/89494\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Makes Strong Aaron Judge Statement on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

MLB Makes Strong Aaron Judge Statement on Sunday<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox prepare for Sunday night\u2019s series finale at Yankee Stadium, with first pitch set for 7:10 p.m. ET on ESPN, Major League Baseball made a pointed move of its own on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

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Just hours before the rubber match in the storied AL East rivalry, MLB took to X to shine a spotlight on Aaron Judge\u2019s numbers through 63 games, figures that sit comfortably among the all-time great offensive campaigns.<\/p>\n

Major League Baseball posted that Judge “is putting together an all-time season: AVG: .390 HR: 21 RBI: 51 OBP: .488 SLG: .746 \u00a0OPS: 1.234.”<\/p>\n

His batting average (.390), slugging percentage (.746), on-base percentage (.488) and on-base plus slugging percentage (1.233) comfortably lead the MLB this season.<\/p>\n

Judge’s 21 home runs (third in MLB) and 51 RBIs (sixth in MLB) further solidify his standing as the league’s premier slugger.<\/p>\n

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He also leads the league in hits (92) and ranks second in runs (59).<\/p>\n

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New York Yankees third baseman Oswald Peraza (left) and designated hitter Aaron Judge. John Froschauer-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Since his debut with the Yankees on Aug. 13, 2016, Judge has steadily built a resume packed with milestones, including six All-Star selections, four Silver Slugger Awards and two Hank Aaron Awards (given to the top offensive performer in each league).<\/p>\n

He is also a two-time AL MVP (2022, 2024), including his record-breaking 62-homer season of 2022, which broke the previous Yankees franchise mark and stands as the American League single-season record.<\/p>\n

New York enters Sunday\u2019s finale tied at one game apiece in the three-game set after Boston\u2019s 10-7 victory on Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Overall, New York sits at 39-24 atop the AL East and second in league standings, behind only the Detroit Tigers (42-24).<\/p>\n

Related: Twins Send Clear Message to Jhoan Duran After MLB News<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Major Paul Skenes Update Announced Amid Trade Rumors<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 8, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MLB Makes Strong Aaron Judge Statement on Sunday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. As the New York Yankees…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[106,5,48,53,21386,19,4,1690,62,1841,1750,21385],"class_list":{"0":"post-89494","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-aaron-judge","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-boston-red-sox","11":"tag-detroit-tigers","12":"tag-hank-aaron-awards","13":"tag-major-league-baseball","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-yankees","17":"tag-oswald-peraza","18":"tag-slugging-percentage","19":"tag-sunday-morning"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114650241533639336","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}