Sportsbooks may owe Aaron Judge a thank you letter.
The hype surrounding his record-tying 61st home run filled their pockets over the past week as everyone scrambled to bet on history. And that should only continue now that he’s one shy of breaking the American Legaue record.
“Judge's home run market has been one of our most popular MLB markets of all time,” said Christian Cipollini, a Sports Trader at BetMGM who helps set lines and odds. “We expect to continue to see this action until he hits [number] 62 and possibly after that, if he can extend the AL home run record.”
Judge took his time — eight games — before finally tying Roger Maris’ single-season American League record Wednesday night against the Blue Jays. In that span Judge to homer was the most popular MLB player prop to bet at DraftKings, which has only happened in five other games this year.