Aaron Judge is in the midst of a career season. The outfielder is on pace for 63 home runs which would be a Yankees franchise record. Babe Ruth formerly held the record before Roger Maris shattered it in 1961 when he blasted 61 home runs. At the time, Maris's mark was the most ever hit in MLB. However, players such as Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, and Sammy Sosa have since broke the MLB record. Nonetheless, Maris's 61 home runs is still the most ever hit by a Yankees player in a single season.

But Aaron Judge might have something to say about that.

Judge is currently slashing .310/.383/.671 with a league leading 1.055 OPS. Additionally, Judge leads all of baseball with 22 home runs as of this story's publication. As aforementioned, that puts him on a 63-homer pace.

Roger Maris's son Roger Maris Jr commented on Judge potentially breaking his father's home run record in 2022, per the New York Post.

“You don’t want to see anyone get it, but I’d be very happy if Judge did do it,’’ Maris said. “Dad always said records are meant to be broken. You don’t want to see Dad’s record go, but if it happened, I can’t think of a better guy to do it. He’s a great Yankee. To do it in New York, how cool would that be? First we had [Babe] Ruth, then we had Dad, and then to have Judge, that would be pretty awesome. I can’t think of a better storyline.”

What a storyline that would be. From Yankees legend Babe Ruth, to Roger Maris, to Aaron Judge.

Judge is the perfect candidate to break the record without question.