Judge finished that year with an AL-best 52 home runs, a .422 OBP and 1.049 OPS, finishing second to Jose Altuve in MVP voting, a result that stung two years later when that Houston Astros team was found to have engaged in an elaborate sign-stealing scandal.

Aaron Judge may be playing in another stratosphere right now, but just about the only feat he has yet to accomplish is pitching.

His April report card was even better. With the last-place Orioles prevailing 5-4 on Wednesday night, the first-place Yankees lost two of three with Judge finishing the first full month of the 2025 baseball season with three more sensational performances.