{"id":41306,"date":"2025-04-18T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=41306"},"modified":"2025-04-18T13:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T12:00:14","slug":"american-league-slugger-is-on-pace-for-76-home-runs-and-its-not-aaron-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/american-league-slugger-is-on-pace-for-76-home-runs-and-its-not-aaron-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"American League Slugger Is on Pace for 76 Home Runs, and It\u2019s Not Aaron Judge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you had Tyler Soderstrom as the early front-runner for the home run crown in 2025, step forward and collect your prize. Because while the baseball world waited for Aaron Judge or Shohei Ohtani, it&rsquo;s the 23-year-old Athletics slugger who&rsquo;s launching balls out of the park.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So darn strong &#128548;<br><br>Will Tyler Soderstrom be the first to 10 HR?! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LBCike43SV\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/LBCike43SV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; MLB (@MLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1912986231626940438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>April 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Tyler Soderstrom crushed his ninth home run of the season on Thursday, a 374-foot shot off a 3-2 slider from White Sox reliever Brandon Eisert. The solo blast, which landed neatly in the A&rsquo;s bullpen, put him back atop the MLB leaderboard, just half an hour after Seattle&rsquo;s Cal Raleigh had momentarily tied him with eight.<\/p><p>But more importantly, the homer was his first off a left-handed pitcher in the big leagues. A small milestone, sure, but part of a much bigger transformation. <em>&ldquo;Lefty-lefty is never easy,&rdquo;<\/em> Soderstrom said. <em>&ldquo;I was able to grind it out, get to a 3-2 count and he left a slider over the middle. I was able to put a good swing on it and it went out of the park.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p><strong>ALSO READ: <a href=\"It%E2%80%99s%20a%20Boy!%20Bryce%20Harper%20Reveals%20Baby%20No.%204%20During%20Special%20At-Bat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>WATCH: It&rsquo;s a Boy! Bryce Harper Reveals Baby No. 4 During Special At-Bat<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>What&rsquo;s happening with Soderstrom isn&rsquo;t just a hot start. It&rsquo;s a potential coming-of-age moment for a player the A&rsquo;s have long believed in. Taken 26th overall in the 2020 Draft, he showed flashes last season, but nothing like this. He&rsquo;s already matched his 2024 home run total in just 19 games.<\/p><p>This is only the fifth time in history a player age 23 or younger has hit nine home runs in his team&rsquo;s first 19 games of a season. The others are Cody Bellinger, Bryce Harper, Austin Kearns, and George Scott.<\/p><p>The Athletics, despite a rocky 2-7 start at home and some sluggish performances from key names like JJ Bleday and Brent Rooker, are now 9-10 and showing signs of life. Their offense has picked up, and Soderstrom is the pulse. <em>&ldquo;Every at-bat is competitive. Every mistake seems to be hit 105 miles an hour,&rdquo;<\/em> Rooker said after the Athletics&rsquo; 8-0 win Thursday, where he also homered. &ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s kind of the ability that we all knew Sode had. We all saw it coming. It&rsquo;s been fun to watch him come into his own.&rdquo;<\/p><p>Soderstrom&rsquo;s development isn&rsquo;t just about power, it&rsquo;s the quality of his contact and his approach. On Thursday, his home run wasn&rsquo;t even his hardest-hit ball. He also scorched a 106.5 mph groundout, a 105.3 mph lineout, and another grounder at 100.3. That&rsquo;s four balls over 100 mph in a single game. He&rsquo;s barreling everything. He&rsquo;s seeing pitches better. He&rsquo;s adjusting within at-bats.<\/p><p>There&rsquo;s a roster wrinkle looming, though. Soderstrom&rsquo;s moved from catcher to first base full-time. But Athletics&rsquo; top prospect, Nick Kurtz, the No. 4 overall pick last year, is also a first baseman, and he&rsquo;s currently torching Triple-A pitching. Eventually, something will have to give. Brent Rooker, usually the designated hitter, has already spent a game in right field, hinting at possible positional shuffling ahead.<\/p><p>But that&rsquo;s a problem for later. Right now, the A&rsquo;s have one of baseball&rsquo;s most exciting hitters, and a reason to watch every time he steps to the plate.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tyler Soderstrom is on pace to hit 76 home runs this season, which would break Barry Bonds' MLB record <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ws9TfVJ4iB\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/ws9TfVJ4iB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Talkin&rsquo; Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkinBaseball_\/status\/1912961034387910901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>April 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Yes, it&rsquo;s early. Yes, nobody actually hits 76 home runs. But if Tyler Soderstrom wants to keep us dreaming? So be it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyler Soderstrom, take a bow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":41218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5723,5934],"class_list":["post-41306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-athletics","tag-tyler-soderstrom"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>American League Slugger Is on Pace for 76 Home Runs, and It&rsquo;s Not Aaron Judge - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Athletics&#039; Tyler Soderstrom has surged to the top of the MLB home run leaderboard with nine bombs in 19 games.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/american-league-slugger-is-on-pace-for-76-home-runs-and-its-not-aaron-judge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"American League Slugger Is on Pace for 76 Home Runs, and It&rsquo;s Not Aaron Judge - 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