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New York Yankees: Aaron Judge Reaches Impressive Rookie Heights

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 8:40 p.m. ET

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During the New York Yankees romp of the Baltimore Orioles, Aaron Judge hit his tenth home run of the season, ranking high in a number of rookie records.

The only thing greater than the height of the 6-foot-7 New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge is his powerful swing. On Saturday, Judge joined in on the Yankees' slugfest against the Orioles with his 10th home run of the season in the seventh inning.
His two-run moonshot into right-center field tied a major league record for home runs hit by a rookie in April, along with Jose Abreu in 2014 and Trevor Story last season. His youth puts the 25-year-old in company with Mickey Mantle as the second Yankee to hit 10 home runs in the first 22 games of his rookie season.

One game earlier, Judge opened up the Yankees' series against the Orioles with the first two-homer game of his career on April 28. His second recorded as the hardest hit homer in the Statcast era at 119.38 MPH.

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While his home runs are receiving all the attention, Judge is much more than a one-trick pony. He brags a .301/.292/.767 slash line, 20 RBI and three extra-base hits, one of which actually left the park, but a missed call by the umpires ruled it a triple.
Judge is just one piece in the offensive production line that is the Yankees lineup. Winning 14 of their last 17 games, the Yankees own the best record in the American League at 15-7. Furthermore, they lead the league in homers (36), RBIs (114) and runs (124).

Now, as the Yankees wrap up their series against the Orioles, Judge will have the opportunity to not only hit his 11th homer of the season, but set above any other rookie slugger in baseball history

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