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The Eye-Popping Numbers Behind Aaron Judge, Munetaka Murakami's Power Surge

Fastball On SI·Patrick McAvoy·24 days ago
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One of the most fun — and unexpected — parts of the 2026 Major League Baseball season so far has been the home run race between New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge and Chicago White Sox rookie Munetaka Murakami. Aaron Judge is Aaron Judge. This is his 11th season in the big leagues and there isn't a hitter in the league who strikes more fear into pitchers than him. Sure, there are plenty of superstars across the league, like Shohei Ohtani, Juan Soto and Mike Trout, among many others, but no one tears the cover off the ball like Judge. In 11 seasons so far, this is a guy who has 383 career homers , a .293 career batting average and a .412 career on-base percentage. He's going to get his homers, but he isn't one-dimensional. He'll get on base with the best of them. In fact, he's led the American League in on-base percentage in three of the last four seasons. Murakami is in his first season in the big leagues after years shining for the Yakult Swallows in Nippon Professional Baseball.…

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