{"id":112829,"date":"2025-09-01T22:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T22:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/112829\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T22:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T22:25:07","slug":"poll-will-anyone-get-to-60-home-runs-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/112829\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: Will Anyone Get To 60 Home Runs This Year?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a great year for power hitters in MLB, as five different players slugged their 40th home run of the season before the end of August. It\u2019s not often that so many hitters enter September with a realistic shot at the lofty threshold of 60 home runs in a season. It\u2019s a feat that\u2019s only been accomplished nine times, and the combination of Sammy Sosa<\/a> and Mark McGwire<\/a> account for five of those nine 60-homer seasons. Of course, it\u2019s an incredibly rare feat for a reason, and many promising campaigns fall short in the season\u2019s final month. 12 seasons with between 56 and 59 home runs have been logged throughout MLB history, after all.<\/p>\n

Will this year\u2019s biggest power threats join that club of also-ran seasons, or will we see the tenth 60-homer season in MLB history come to fruition this year? Here\u2019s a look at each of the top home run hitters from this season and their chances of reaching that illustrious 60-homer plateau, in order of their current home run totals for 2025:<\/p>\n

Cal Raleigh<\/a><\/p>\n

While everyone else on this list hit their 40th homer of the season in August, Raleigh\u2019s 40th home run was actually slugged on July 26. The Mariners\u2019 catcher has had a historic season this year, setting the all-time single season home run record for a catcher while sitting just four behind Mickey Mantle<\/a> for the all-time single season record for home runs by a switch hitter. With 50 homers tallied so far this year, it\u2019s hard not to see why Raleigh could have a very real shot at hitting 60 home runs this season. He\u2019s hit at least ten homers in three of the season\u2019s five months so far, and has never hit less than eight in a month this year. With that being said, it\u2019s also worth noting that Raleigh has slowed down a bit in the second half of the season. In 40 games since the All-Star break, Raleigh has posted just a 112 wRC+ with 12 home runs. With just 25 games left to play on the Mariners\u2019 schedule, he\u2019ll need to pick up the pace if he\u2019s going to reach 60 homers this year.<\/p>\n

Kyle Schwarber<\/a><\/p>\n

Schwarber is just one homer back of Raleigh in the race for the MLB home run lead after an incredible four-home run performance on August 28. Schwarber has long been one of the game\u2019s premiere power threats and, like Raleigh, has hit at least 10 homers in three of this season\u2019s five months so far. He\u2019ll need to hit 11 in 25 September games in order to reach 60 homers, but one thing working in his favor is that he\u2019s saved most of his power for the second half this year. He\u2019s hit 12 home runs in both July and August, so if he can put up just one more month like the last two, he\u2019ll get there. Of course, a player slugging .655 over his past 52 games also runs the risk of getting pitched around, which could damage Schwarber\u2019s chances of making it to 60. One thing that could work in Schwarber\u2019s favor is his home ballpark, as Statcast<\/a> considers Citizens Bank Park to be the fifth-most homer friendly stadium in the majors this year.<\/p>\n

Shohei Ohtani<\/a><\/p>\n

With three MVP awards in the past four years, no one should put anything past baseball\u2019s two-way superstar. Ohtani became the first player to go 50-50 last season, and with 54 homers tied with Mantle (and seven other seasons) at 22nd on the single-season home run leaderboard. With 45 home runs headed into September, he has an outside shot at not only breaking that personal record, but getting a coveted 60-homer season. 15 home runs in a single month is a tall order for any player, but Ohtani did exactly that back in May when he crushed 15 long balls in 27 games. The Dodgers have two fewer games than that in September, but Ohtani will benefit from playing his home games at Dodger Stadium, which is far and away the most homer-friendly ballpark in the majors this year per Statcast.<\/p>\n

Aaron Judge<\/a><\/p>\n

Aaron Judge hit his 43rd home run of the season yesterday, and that makes it a tall order for him to reach 60 homers this season. With that being said, onlookers around the game should know better than to doubt the hulking slugger\u2019s offensive abilities at this point, with MVP wins in two of the last three seasons and a completely absurd 202 wRC+ since the start of the 2022 season. Judge is also, of course, the only active player who\u2019s already a member of the 60 home run club after bashing 62 long balls to take the AL home run record from Roger Maris<\/a> during his 2022 AL MVP campaign. Judge finished just short with 58 home runs last year, but perhaps this year will be different. In order to reach 60 on the season, Judge will need to make a different kind of history: as noted by Thomas Harrigan of MLB.com<\/a> last year, the record for home runs hit in September (and October, in seasons where it hosts regular season games) belongs jointly to Albert Belle<\/a> and Babe Ruth<\/a>. Judge would need to at least tie that duo\u2019s 17 homers in the final month of the year in order to crack 60 long balls this year.<\/p>\n

What do MLBTR readers think? Will the league enjoy a 60-homer campaign for the second time in four years this season? And if so, who is most likely to pull it off? Have your say in the polls below:<\/p>\n

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