Aaron Judge and Juan Soto each cleared 120 walks and 120 runs in 2024, making the New York Yankees duo the first pair of teammates in MLB history to do so.

And now, it’s the slow wait for the start of what Aaron Judge over the years has called “the real season.” For the Yankees, that begins Saturday at the Stadium against the winner of this week’s best-of-three wild-card series between the Orioles and Royals in Baltimore.