In the last 20 years, there have only been two players who batted .375 or better with 18 or more home runs through their first 55 games in a season.

Yankees superstar Aaron Judge is one of them, having accomplished that through his first 55 games this year. He’s batting .391 with 18 homers as he leads the Yankees into a World Series rematch against the Dodgers this weekend in Los Angeles.

The other? He's right next door.

“For me, I got off to a really, really hot start in April,” said Cody Bellinger , who was batting .377 with 20 homers through the first 55 games of what would become an MVP season in 2019. “It was funny, though -- even though I had these crazy numbers, I’d just show up to the field and be like, ‘OK, this is what I’m gonna do today.’

“It’s the cat-and-mouse game. No

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