Raleigh's gap to Judge is the same as the gap from Raleigh to 40th-place Jacob Wilson, the Athletics' rookie shortstop, at .822. That seems impossible, but Judge truly is just that much better than everyone else. If he keeps this up, it'll go down as one of the best hitting seasons in baseball history.

The New York Yankees sit in second place in the American League East, two games behind the first-place Toronto Blue Jays. They have a one-game lead over the Boston Red Sox in the AL Wild Card standings.

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If the Kansas City Royals want to go into sell mode prior to the trade deadline, one MLB executive suggested two potential landing spots for Seth Lugo.

With Major League Baseball's trade deadline less than two weeks away, the rumor mill is now in full operation. One name in particular seems popular among contenders: Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Mitch Keller,

Will the Minnesota Twins buy or sell ahead of the July 31 MLB trade deadline? That's what everyone, incuding New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, wan

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The 6-foot-7 slugger told The Athletic's Ian O'Connor that "the plan" is to play into his 40s. And if Judge has close to a decade left in MLB, it's time to start crunching some numbers. The Yankees' all-time home run leaderboard (of homers hit specifically with New York) is Babe Ruth at 659, Mickey Mantle at 536 and Lou Gehrig at 493.