Juan Soto and Aaron Judge's August power surge outsmashes 6 MLB teams, including Angels and White Sox
While it hasn't translated to a hot streak for their team necessarily, Aaron Judge and Juan Soto are impressively hot right now. Their recent barrage of home runs means that virtually every game they play has a home run by one or both of them. Several of their last games this month have involved a home run by both Judge and Soto.
Through 21 days of August, they have hit 17 combined home runs. Several players do not even have 17 home runs over the full season, so Judge and Soto are on another level.
To make this even more impressive, their power surge has outperformed six MLB teams. As a whole, the duo has more homers in August than the Colorado Rockies (who play in Coors Field), Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Angels, Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay Rays.
The month is not over yet, and with how hot Judge and Soto are, the New York Yankees duo might continue adding to this list unless pitchers decide to start working around them.
Exploring Aaron Judge and Juan Soto's homer pace after recent barrage
With all these home runs, both Judge and Soto are having unbelievable seasons. Judge hit two last night against the Cleveland Guardians, which pushed his season pace to 60. With a little luck and a few more home runs, he might challenge for his own AL record.
Soto's blast on Wednesday night was his 36th. That's a new career high, and he still has 35 games left to hit more and push that number even higher. His current pace is for 46, but he's been so hot that it wouldn't be a surprise to see him push for 50.
In other offensive metrics, Judge and Soto are having historic seasons as a duo. They're the two best hitters by wRC+, with Soto at 191 and Judge at a monstrous 223. They have combined for 16.8 fWAR this year, by far the most between two players.
Their combined 83 home runs are also the most by two players in baseball this year. They have propelled the Yankees into the World Series conversation largely on their own statistical excellence.