Judge’s 58 home runs and 144 RBIs also led the majors. He had four more long balls and 14 more runs batted in than Shohei Ohtani who was second in both categories. The captain also led MLB in homers and RBIs in 2022 while slugging an AL-best 52 home runs in 2017.

Outfielder Aaron Judge was scratched from the New York Yankees starting lineup from Sunday's rain-delayed regular-season finale against the Pittsburgh Pirates, and first baseman Ben Rice was recalled from Triple-A one day after Anthony Rizzo was injured.

Aaron Judge and Juan Soto each cleared 120 walks and 120 runs in 2024, making the New York Yankees duo the first pair of teammates in MLB history to do so.

And now, it’s the slow wait for the start of what Aaron Judge over the years has called “the real season.” For the Yankees, that begins Saturday at the Stadium against the winner of this week’s best-of-three wild-card series between the Orioles and Royals in Baltimore.