Tuesday Discussion: HOME RUNS!

January 16, 2025

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This week we asked our writers to predict some home run totals for the 2024 Yankees:

How many home runs will the 2024 Yankees hit as a team and by the following players:

Aaron Judge

Juan Soto

Anthony Rizzo

Giancarlo Stanton

Gleyber Torres

Anthony Volpe

Alex Verdugo

Austin Wells

DJ LeMahieu

Here are their replies:

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Paul Semendinger - I would like to be optimistic here!

Aaron Judge - 46

Juan Soto - 39

Anthony Rizzo - 24

Giancarlo Stanton - 27

Gleyber Torres - 32

Anthony Volpe - 16

Alex Verdugo - 8

Austin Wells - 19

DJ LeMahieu - 12

(Cody Bellinger - 39, why not?)

TEAM = 285

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Cary Greene -

Aaron Judge - 46

Juan Soto - 38

Anthony Rizzo - 24

Giancarlo Stanton - 26

Gleyber Torres - 25

Anthony Volpe - 20

Alex Verdugo - 13

Austin Wells - 11

DJ LeMahieu -15

Reserves Combined - 33

Yankees Total Team HR's - 251 (Last year, the Yankees hit 219)

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James Vliestra -

Aaron Judge 46

Juan Soto 34

Anthony Rizzo 22

Giancarlo Stanton 27

Gleyber Torres 24

Anthony Volpe 25

Alex Verdugo 18

Austin Wells 15

DJ LeMahieu 11

Team - 238

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Ethan Semendinger -

Aaron Judge = 50

Juan Soto = 30

Anthony Rizzo = 25

Giancarlo Stanton = 25

Gleyber Torres = 25

Anthony Volpe = 15

Alex Verdugo = 15

Austin Wells = 15

DJ LeMahieu = 10

Team = 240

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Mike Whiteman -

Aaron Judge - 44

Juan Soto - 33

Anthony Rizzo - 16

Giancarlo Stanton - 28 (I think Stanton will start fast and hit like ten home runs in his first twenty games, start a frenzy ("he's back") then settle in for an OK season

Gleyber Torres - 30 - and make for a tough resigning choice for the Yanks. 

Anthony Volpe - 18

Alex Verdugo - 22

Austin Wells - 13

DJ LeMahieu - 12

I think the Yankees will hit 230 home runs in 2024

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Tim Kabel:

Aaron Judge - 58

Juan Soto - 42

Anthony Rizzo - 32

Giancarlo Stanton - 22

Gleyber Torres - 27

Anthony Volpe - 22

Alex Verdugo - 20

Austin Wells - 25

DJ LeMahieu - 11

Team Total - 273