The Yankees just wrapped up a spectacular May that saw the team go 21-7 to place themselves as the early leaders atop the AL East and affirmed their status as one of the powerhouses in the league. Two individual performances stood out to lead the team on this impressive stretch, and Aaron Judge and Luis Gil are being duly recognized for the unparalleled month each just completed. On Monday, Judge was named the AL Player of the Month for a team record seventh time , while Gil was honored as both the AL Pitcher of the Month and AL Rookie of the Month.
Firing on all cylinders Congratulations @TheJudge44 on being named the AL Player of the Month pic.twitter.com/8ljoP20Wh7 Electric Gil.
Congratulations @thegil81 on being named AL Pitcher of the Month and AL Rookie of the Month pic.twitter.com/wQKqjTRkrV When as a team you are recognized for having the best hitter and best pitcher in the AL for an entire month, you know you are doing something right.
Judge may have gotten off to a slow start, but he has since proved his doubters wrong and then some by reclaiming his spot as the league’s best hitter with an award-winning May (just as he did in 2022 and 2023 ). He became just the second Yankee after Lou Gehrig in 1930 with at least 12 home runs and 12 doubles in a calendar month. Judge sits atop virtually every Statcast leaderboard, leading to a .
361/.479/.918 triple slash line with 14 home runs, 12 doubles, 27 RBIs and a 277 wRC+ in May.
In the span of just one page of the calenda.