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Will Aaron Judge hit .400? Blast 60 home runs? Our predictions based on his incredible start

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Aaron Judge is off to the best start of his career and producing 4.0 WAR a quarter of the way into the 2025 season .

The New York Yankees slugger is batting at least.

He is currently batting410 -- with a481 average on balls in play.

Not one player has hit360 or better since Joe Mauer in 2009 .

Judge has already posted 4.0 FanGraphs WAR in 2025 .

If he stays healthy, he'll threaten to surpass Bonds ' 11.9-WAR season in 2004 and enter the top 10 of all time in that category.

Judge is a favorite for the AL MVP, but that doesn't mean there won't be a surprise winner.

If Judge stays healthy, he'll be a unanimous MVP pick.

He's that much better than everyone else in the AL.

Even when Shohei Ohtani had an amazing two-way season in 2022 , Judge still received 28 of 30 first -place votes.

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