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Ten bold MLB predictions heading into June

Aaron Judge home run New York Yankees

10. Aaron Judge finishes the month with 30 or more home total runs

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Judge’s power has taken the league by storm in 2017. While he cooled off slightly in May, we expect another big month for the Yankees slugger in June.

In June, New York will play 12 games at its home stadium, which is very friendly to power hitters and has been good to Judge this season.  The Yankees do have a seven-game road trip to to the West Coast. Certainly, Anaheim and Oakland have far more pitcher-friendly parks. But while those stadiums may keep Judge from hitting a few wall scrapers, we’re not expecting them to completely limit his immense power.

Other road games include a four-game series in Toronto’s Rogers Centre, four in Chicago’s Guaranteed Rate Field and one to close the month in Houston’s Minute Maid Park.

For those of you scoring at home, that’s 21 games in hitter’s parks against seven in pitcher’s parks.

Following a home run on May 29, Judge has 17 on the season. So, he’ll need 13 more before July 1 to get to 30. It’s a big number but far from impossible.

That brings us to the next question. If Judge has 30 by July 1, how many can he hit on the season? Realistically, Barry Bonds’ mark of 73 is not approachable. But the pre-steroid era record of 61 is something that can be discussed at that point, especially since July and August tend to favor power hitters.

Judge’s season has been an awful lot of fun to follow so far. We expect it to get even better.

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