Everyone digs the long ball. “Home runs” is one of those statistics that seems to hold more weight than others. In two of the last three years, Aaron Judge has led the league in dingers. The year he didn’t lead Major League Baseball in homers, he missed nearly 60 games. Let’s take a look at…
Everyone digs the long ball.
“Home runs” is one of those statistics that seems to hold more weight than others.
In two of the last three years, Aaron Judge has led the league in dingers. The year he didn’t lead Major League Baseball in homers, he missed nearly 60 games.
Let’s take a look at the odds on who is favored to lead the major leagues in home runs in 2025 at DraftKings Sportsbook as of Aug. 25.
Most regular-season home runs
Cal Raleigh: -215 (bet $10 to win $14.65 total)
Shohei Ohtani: +360 (bet $10 to win $46 total)
Kyle Schwarber: +360 (bet $10 to win $46 total)
Aaron Judge: +3000 (bet $10 to win $310 total)
All of a sudden, Cal Raleigh has become the best home-run hitter in baseball.
Raleigh hit two more bombs on Sunday, bringing his season total to 49. He’s followed by Shohei Ohtani and Kyle Schwarber, both at 45, and Aaron Judge and Eugenio Suarez at 40.
Raleigh hadn’t homered in the Mariners’ previous five games before blasting those two on Sunday, while Ohtani and Schwarber each have two in their last five games.
Cal Raleigh has already passed his career-high for home runs in a season, which was previously 34.
Judge and Ohtani had quite the race last season, with the Yankees superstar hitting 58 and the Dodgers superstar finishing with 54 (he also added in 59 stolen bases).
Raleigh, who won the 2025 Home Run Derby, hit just 34 last season and 30 the year before.
In 2022, Judge hit a career-high and American League record 62 home runs, and after last season, he has three seasons tallying over 50 home runs in a single season (2017, 2022, 2024).
No active player outside of Judge has hit 60 or more home runs in a season, and no player in the NL has hit 60 or more since Barry Bonds mashed 73 in 2001.
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2025-08-25 15:40:00
