{"id":45487,"date":"2025-05-02T00:24:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T00:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45487"},"modified":"2025-05-02T00:24:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T00:24:20","slug":"new-york-yankees-superstar-aaron-judge-makes-insane-history-with-scorching-hot-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45487","title":{"rendered":"New York Yankees Superstar Aaron Judge Makes Insane History With Scorching Hot Start"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New York Yankees superstar slugger Aaron Judge continues re-writing the MLB history books.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Apr 29, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge (99) walks during the fifth inning against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. \/ Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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New York Yankees\u00a0superstar Aaron Judge has a teammate, Jasson Dominguez, who is nicknamed The Martian, but it is actually he who looks to be an extra terrestrial with what he is accomplishing on the field.<\/p>\n

Judge won the American League MVP Award in 2024 for the second time in three years with a WAR of 10.8 in both campaigns.<\/p>\n

What could a player have planned as an encore to such an impressive season?<\/p>\n

Making history, of course, which the Yankees’ star right fielder has done through the first month of the season.<\/p>\n

As shared by OptaSTATS on X, coming into the 2025 season, there had never been an AL player who had at least 50 hits before May. An AL player had never reached base at least 70 times (hits, walks and hit by pitch) before the calendar turned to May, nor recorded at least 85 bases.<\/p>\n

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