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
