Who will win the title instead, though, is difficult to predict. No other NL hitter held a .300 batting average at the All-Star break. Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman and St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Brendan Donovan were tied for second in the league in average with a .297 mark.

A few guesses on the home run race, the trade deadline and a surprising regular season finish for the Yankees.

Only six players have done this. Will Aaron Judge become the seventh? originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

We share our best 2025 Midseason MLB awards picks and predictions for the National League and American League MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of the Year races.

The MLB home run bets are up as the second half of the MLB season is officially underway. The big bats are back in full swing, and Saturday’s slate brings some of the league’s most dangerous sluggers. Sluggers Aaron Judge and Kyle Schwarber are coming off strong All-Star performances.

The NL Tonight crew discusses who has the edge between Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh for AL MVP and debate who could beat Shohei Ohtani for the NL MVP

There are stats to back that up to. According to the Outs Above Average metric at Baseball Savant and the Fielding Bible’s Defensive Runs Saved stat, Smith ranks second out of all right fielders to in Outs Above Average with four (ranks behind Fernando Tatis Jr.) and second, again, with 9 Defensive Runs Saved (trails only Adolis Garcia ).

Aaron Judge hit the first home run of his MLB career the day after Alex Rodriguez retired. Now, the two are tied on the Yankees' all-time home run list. Judge hit his 351st career homer in a 4-2 win over the Braves on Sunday,