Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa are the one gamers in MLB historical past to have a couple of 60-home run season. New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Decide might turn into the third.
Within the backside of the primary inning in opposition to the Colorado Rockies on Sunday, Decide hammered an 82 mph changeup from beginning pitcher Austin Gomber for a 431-foot dwelling run to offer the Yankees a 2-1 lead. The moonshot marked Decide’s fiftieth homer this season.
Decide hit an American League-record 62 dwelling runs in 2022. Based on MLB’s X account, he is on tempo to achieve this mark once more. Remember that it is nonetheless August, and the Yankees have 32 video games remaining, giving Decide loads of time to tie or break his file.
Even when he does not hit 60 or extra dwelling runs once more, Decide continues to be cementing himself as one of many best energy hitters ever. Per Codify Baseball, Decide is one in every of 5 gamers with at the very least three 50-plus dwelling runs seasons. The others are McGwire, Sosa, Babe Ruth and Alex Rodriguez.
Sarah Langs of MLB.com famous Decide now has 307 dwelling runs in 964 video games, 28 greater than another participant via his first 1,000 profession video games.
Unsurprisingly, Decide is favored to win AL MVP for the second time in his profession. As of Sunday, FanDuel Sportsbook offers him one of the best odds (-6000) to win the award.
