One decisive hit left for Raleigh, and if that's the case, Judge will hit 60 home runs. You are out of your mind.

Sep 25, 2025

One decisive hit left for Raleigh, and if that's the case, Judge will hit 60 home runs. You are out of your mind.
Seattle Mariners Carl Raleigh takes off his helmet to fans celebrating after hitting his 60th home run of the season in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Colorado Rockies at T-Mobile Park on the 25th (Korea time). ImagesYonhap News



One decisive hit left for Raleigh, and if that's the case, Judge will hit 60 home runs. You are out of your mind.
New York Yankees Aaron Judge is celebrating after hitting a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium on the 25th (Korea time). AFP Yonhap News
The American League (AL) MVP competition is on the rise.

Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners exploded two home runs side by side on the same day. Judge broke the 50-homer mark of the season, and Raleigh reached the long-awaited 60 home runs.

This is the first time in the Major League that his 50th and 60th home runs of the season hit at the same time. It must be a historic day.




Judge played as the second right fielder in the home game against the Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium on the 25th (Korea time) and led the team to an 8-1 victory by swinging three hits, four RBIs and two runs from four times at bat, including two home runs.

Judge hit a three-run home run with two outs and runners on the first and second bases in the bottom of the second inning, trailing 0-1. He hit right-hander Jonathan Cannon's 96.6-mile first-pitch sinker into the bullpen over the right-center fence. Launch angle of 29 degrees, batting speed of 106.9 miles, and distance of 392 feet.

Judge then added a solo home run in his fifth at-bat in the eighth inning with a 7-1 lead. The opponent's left-hander Cam Boozer pushed a 94.1 mile out fastball to cross the right-center fence on the second pitch. The launch angle was 29 degrees, the batting speed was 105.3 miles, and the distance was 395 feet.




Judge, who played his seventh and 46th multi-homer games this season, recorded a batting average of 0.328 (173 hits in 527 at-bats), 51 homers, 109 RBIs, 133 runs, an on-base percentage of 0.455, a slugging percentage of 0.682 and an OPS of 1.136. Together, the two leagues rank No. 1 in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and OPS, ranking second in AL home runs, No. 1 in scoring, and tied for fourth in RBIs.

One decisive hit left for Raleigh, and if that's the case, Judge will hit 60 home runs. You are out of your mind.
Seattle Mariners Carl Raleigh roars around the base after hitting his 60th home run of the season in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Colorado Rockies at T-Mobile Park on the 25th (Korea time). AP Yonhap News
One decisive hit left for Raleigh, and if that's the case, Judge will hit 60 home runs. You are out of your mind.
New York Yankees Aaron Judge is high-fiving his teammates after hitting a solo shot in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium on the 25th (Korea time). ImagesYonhap News
Raleigh hit his 59th and 60th home runs against the Colorado Rockies at T-Mobile Park, driving the AL MVP competition to a hotter aspect at the end of the season.

Raleigh pulled a fastball in the bottom of the first inning in the middle of right-hander Tanner Gordon's 93.1 miles and connected it with a solo shot that went well over the right fence. The flying speed reached 110.9 miles and the flying distance reached 438 feet. And he hit a superior solo home run after two outs in the eighth inning with a big 8-1 lead. Right-hander Angel Chivili's 98.3-mile-low fastball went over the right fence.




The home run records set by the two big guns on the day are meaningful.

First of all, Judge became the fourth player to write four 50-homer seasons after Babe Ruth (1920-1921, 1927-1928), Mark Maguire (1996-1999), and Sammy Sosa (1998-2001). Earlier, Judge hit more than 50 home runs in 2017 (52), 2022 (62), and 2024 (58).

In addition, Judge hit 50 home runs for the fourth time this season after Raleigh, Philadelphia Kyle Schwarber (56), and Los Angeles Dodgers Shohei Ohtani (53), making '2025 Major League Baseball the third time in history to have four 50 home run hitters. In 1998, Maguire (70), Sosa (66), Ken Griffey Jr. (56), Greg Bourne (50), and Barry Bonds (73), Sosa (64), Luis Gonzalez (57), and Alex Rodriguez (52) each joined the season's 50-homer club in 2001.

In particular, Raleigh became the seventh player to hit 60 home runs in a season after Ruth, Roger Maris, Maguire, Sosa, Bonds and Judge. In the AL, Raleigh is the first batter who is not a member of the Yankees to hit 60 home runs in the season. Raleigh is the number one home run in both leagues and the number one RBI in the AL.

One decisive hit left for Raleigh, and if that's the case, Judge will hit 60 home runs. You are out of your mind.
New York Yankees Aaron Judge hits his 51st home run of the season in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium on the 25th (Korea time). ImagesYonhap News
One decisive hit left for Raleigh, and if that's the case, Judge will hit 60 home runs. You are out of your mind.
Seattle Mariners Carl Raleigh is enjoying joy at the celebration after winning the Colorado Rockies 8-2 at T-Mobile Park on the 25th (Korea time) to win the district championship. AFP Yonhap News
Let's compare the performance of the two players. Who should be the MVP. WAR has Raleigh well behind the jersey. In the AL, bWAR ranks first with 9.3 for Judge and second with 72 for Raleigh. In fWAR, Judge (9.6) is the first and Raleigh (9.1) is the second.

If you're simply going to pick MVP based on the Home Run-RBI-WAR ranking, you don't have to vote.

Let's look at the team's performance. Seattle defeated Colorado 9-2 to secure the top spot in the AL West. It is the first time in 24 years that Seattle has won the district championship since 2001. No wonder Raleigh made an absolute contribution.

The Yankees won four consecutive games, marking 90 wins and 68 losses, catching up with the Toronto Blue Jays in the AL East and tying for first place. If Judge hits hard in the remaining four games and leads the district to victory, he can be recognized for his contribution as much as Raleigh.

In the end, the competition between the two players for MVP should be seen as a close match. In an expert mock vote conducted by MLB.com on the 23rd, Judge took 21 and Raleigh 19 out of 40 first-place votes.

The MVP dividend rate provided by FOX Sports is -210 for Raleigh and +170 for Judge. In other words, there are more gamblers who think Raleigh will be MVP.

One decisive hit left for Raleigh, and if that's the case, Judge will hit 60 home runs. You are out of your mind.
Seattle Mariners Karl Raleigh drew his 60th arch of the season in the bottom of the eighth inning against the Colorado Rockies at T-Mobile Park on the 25th (Korea time) and is celebrated by his teammates with a trident. AFP Yonhap News
Raleigh has one final shot left. Adding three home runs in the remaining three games will break Judge's record for most home runs in an AL season set in 2022. There is no record more brilliant. The same is true when two more are added to tie the game. ESPN said on the 11th that it will break Mantle's record of 'Rolly, but it will not reach 60 home runs. However, he predicted that his records are enough to check Judge's solo performance at the finish line. However, since we reached 60 home runs, the possibility of MVP has increased to the fullest.

The BBWAA (National Baseball Writers Association) votes, which will exercise the vote, seem to be shifting to Raleigh at the end of the season.

Raleigh hit 60 home runs at his team's Earth victory celebration. I don't know what to say. I didn't expect to hit 60 home runs in my life. But I did it tonight. It's a great moment."





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.