With just 2 games left in the regular season, the world is still watching with bated breath for Aaron Judge to break the AL home run record. He tied former-Yankees Roger Maris with 61 last Wednesday, but has yet to hit another since. Judge will be taking on the Rangers on the road to try and do so either today or tomorrow. There's just one afternoon game today, and it's only fitting that it's Judge and the Yankees. Along with this Aaron Judge breakdown, be sure to check out our MLB picks for all of today's games.
Aaron Judge vs. Jon Gray: Will Aaron Judge hit a home run?
With the Yankees and Rangers being the only game going on this afternoon, all eyes will be on Judge as he takes the plate against Texas starter Jon Gray. They’re getting the day started early as they’ll be playing a doubleheader. Judge will be the very first at-bat of the day and it's likely other broadcasts cut away to watch potential history. Speaking of history, Judge doesn't have much of one against Gray. He's just 0-for-1 against the former Rockie in 2 plate appearances as the other was a walk.'
That's been a theme for him recently, as no pitcher wants to be the one to allow the record-breaking homer. Although Judge hasn't faced Gray often, he's hit the Rangers well overall in his career. He has a .294 average against them and an incredible .635 slugging percentage. It's also worth noting that Gray just allowed 6 runs off of 3 home runs in his last outing. He also missed a little over a month of the season due to injury. This is far from his matchup last night against their ace Perez, so let's check out the best way to play Judge's props for this first game of the doubleheader.'