New York Yankees Setting Historic Pace for Home Runs in 2017

The New York Yankees smoked the Baltimore Orioles 16-3 on Saturday at Yankee Stadium, adding five home runs to the team's season total in the process.

New York has crushed 98 bombs on the season, marking the most through 59 games in franchise history, per MLB Stat of the Day. The club sits tied with the Tampa Bay Rays for the most home runs in the league this season, but the Yankees have played six fewer games.

Second-year outfielder Aaron Judge leads the team in homers, smacking 19 this season to top the majors heading into Sunday's action. Judge's success early in his career has already earned the towering slugger a section of the stadium nicknamed the Judge's Chambers.

Five different Yankees—Judge, Brett Gardner, Matt Holliday, Starlin Castro and Aaron Hicks—have all reached double digits in home runs this season, while catcher Gary Sanchez needs just one more to join the club.

Entering the season, not many believed the Yankees would challenge to win the AL East. In fact, only one of 35 ESPN experts predicted that the team would win the division.

Thanks to the offensive outburst and solid pitching, the Yankees own the best record in the AL East, sitting three games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. The club has earned four straight victories—all over divisional opponents—and will attempt to make it five straight as they close out their three-game series against the Orioles on Sunday.