Aaron Judge isn't just chasing home run history. He's saving the Yankees' season | Opinion

Aaron Judge has single-handedly kept the Yankees afloat, pcaldera writes.

Judge's latest drive put him into a rare place in Yankees’ history, among the top four single-season home run leaders – led by Roger Maris’ 61 in 1961.

Ask him what it means, and Judge tees up a predictable answer:"It's just not that important to me,'' because his sights are currently on winning the AL East.These days, Judge’s AL MVP credentials begin not with any eye-popping stat but a simple fact: He is carrying a lineup full of dead weight through a pennant race.

Monday’s 0-for-3 extended Stanton’s 3-for-36 slide, on a day when the ailing DJ LeMahieu – in a 1-for-31 canyon – was rested due in part to a foot issue that might require offseason surgery to resolve.

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