Who’d have guessed that we’d be watching history in 2024 right in front of our eyes? But that’s exactly what Aaron Judge and his 25-year-old teammate, Juan Soto, are doing. Despite the New York Yankees’ inconsistencies, each day these two stars prove why they’re generational talents. However, even they’ve far exceeded their standards in the past few weeks.

On Wednesday night, Yankees duo Aaron Judge and Juan Soto did something so incredible that made their teammate Marcus Stroman have a fanboy moment. Stroman showed his appreciation and absolute awe for his fellow teammates on X after their game against the Cleveland Guardians in New York.

Historic performances

On Wednesday, New York witnessed one of the most powerful games in baseball history. With his teammates cheering for him from the dugout, Aaron Judge rounded the bases in what would soon become his 38th career multi-homer performance.

Judge, who matched Babe Ruth and Roger Maris as the third player in franchise history to smash 47 home runs in the first 122 games of a season, is now on track to hit 60 home runs for the second time in his career after the Yankees defeated the Guardians 8-1. Soto blasted his 36th career home run on rookie Joey Cantillo’s sixth pitch, a 2-2 offering that he smashed over the netting above Monument Park in center field. Soto and Judge homered in the same game for the 11th time this season, and the Yankees won nine of those games.

“What Soto and Judge are doing on a nightly basis is beyond historic. Absolutely ridiculous,” Stroman wrote. “We witness greatness each and every day. I just wanted to make sure we don’t lose sight of that. I’m in awe nightly. LIVING LEGENDS!”

“Two guys that are great, back to back,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “They obviously root for one another. I think they really appreciate each other; one right-handed, one left-handed. They are different in how they do it, and I think they … like doing what they did tonight.”

Aside from them, only two other Yankees duos have hit 36 home runs in a season through the team’s first 127 games: Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig (1927, 1930, and 1931), and Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris (1961).

A remarkable season ahead

Judge, who blasted 62 home runs to break Roger Maris’ single-season AL record in 2022, has 49 home runs in the Yankees’ first 127 games. This marked his fourth multi-homer game of the season, with five home runs coming from Judge in his last six games, six in his previous nine, and fifteen in his last thirty-two.

One may argue that 2024 is and will be even more spectacular than his 2022 season when he was voted AL MVP after receiving 28 out of 30 first-place votes. “His season could end right now and it would still be a really good, special year for him,” Cortes said. “So with a month and 10 days left, whatever it is, it’s going to be fun to watch.”

Meanwhile, Soto has homered for the eighth time in nine games, a stretch that began on August 11 and includes his three-homer game last week in Chicago against the White Sox.