The New York Yankees are neck and neck with the Baltimore Orioles in the AL East. As the team fights for division supremacy, Juan Soto has caught fire. Former MVP Aaron Judge even called Soto the greatest hitter in baseball.
Soto has stayed hot and in the first inning of Wednesday’s game against the Cleveland Guardians, he hammered his career-best 36th home run – a 427 foot bomb to center field.
The 25-year-old All-Star has been on an absolute tear of late. Last week he had the first three-homer game of his career. After going deep again the following day Soto became just the sixth Yankee ever to have six or more home runs in a four-game span. The incredible feat from August 11-14 had Soto join Yankees legends Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle…