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Former Los Angeles Dodgers MVP Joins Aaron Judge in Powerful Recent History

Now Judge's teammate, Cody Bellinger tied him at the top in terms of grand slams hit since 2017.

Brady Farkas

New York Yankees left fielder Cody Bellinger (35) hits a grand slam home run in the eighth inning against the New York Mets at Yankee Stadium on May 18.
New York Yankees left fielder Cody Bellinger (35) hits a grand slam home run in the eighth inning against the New York Mets at Yankee Stadium on May 18. / Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images
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The New York Yankees wrapped up a Subway Series win on Sunday night, beating the New York Mets 8-2 at Yankee Stadium.

The game was tied 2-2 in the eighth inning until the Yankees exploded for six runs, with the big blast being a grand slam off the bat of Cody Bellinger.

Acquired from the Chicago Cubs this past offseason, Bellinger has gotten hot as of late. He's hitting .258 for the season, including .345 over his last 15 games. He was 3-for-3 on Sunday with six RBIs.

His grand slam also helped him join his now-teammate in some powerful recent history, according to Sarah Langs of MLB.com:

This is Cody Bellinger’s ninth career grand slam, tying Aaron Judge for most in MLB since the start of 2017

That is when Bellinger made his major-league debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers. A nine-year veteran of the Dodgers, Cubs and Yankees, Bellinger helped LA win the 2020 World Series. He was also the National League MVP in 2019, when he hit .305 with a .406 on-base percentage. He had 47 homers and 115 RBIs that season.

However, things began to crater for him in LA after that. He hit just .239 in the World Series season and then hit .165 in 95 games in 2021. He hit only .210 the following year before rebounding with the Cubs in 2023.

Bellinger and the Yankees will be back in action Tuesday night against the Texas Rangers. The Dodgers will host the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday night at 10:10 p.m. ET.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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