Every day, or close to it, Aaron Judge does something noteworthy, if not unprecedented. A towering home run -- or two. An intentional walk with -- gasp -- two outs and the bases empty in the second inning. A record matched. Another record broken. Dropping jaws has become a daily occurrence going on five months.
'Running out of words, honestly,' manager Aaron Boone said Sunday after Judge clubbed home runs Nos. 50 and 51 in a win over the Colorado Rockies. 'Just running out of words with what he's doing. We're getting on the train [to Washington, D.C.]. I gotta get the thesaurus out and get to work.'
Judge has 51 home runs in 129 games, putting him on pace to break the American League record of 62 home runs he set in 2022. He's batting .333 with a .465 on-base percentage and .732 slugging percentage while playing center field almost every day. He leads the majors in fWAR. He's better than he's ever been at age 32.
I guess we're on the on-pace portion of the season,' Boone joked last week. 'Look, anything's possible with him. I think he just wants to be great every day and help us win. So, nothing would surprise me.'
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