As the New York Yankees kicked off the regular season in strong form, Aaron Judge has emerged as a key contributor. Following the team’s win over the Kansas City Royals, Judge's performance makes him even closer to Babe Ruth's record.

All 30 MLB teams have played at least 10% of their regular season and New York Yankees two-time MVP outfielder Aaron Judge is off to arguably the best start of his career.The 32-year-old led the Yankees to a 4-3 win against the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night,

In the seventh inning of a tie game, Judge saw a sinker from John Schreiber that cut across the plate and demolished it into the bullpen in right-center for his seventh homer of the season. Mid-April is too soon for pace calculators, but if extrapolated he would be on track for 63.