Fan who caught Aaron Judge’s home run No 62 ball ‘has already received offers of $2MILLION’

Aaron Judge finally broke the single-season AL home run record Tuesday night, and the fan who caught the piece of history will likely be in for a massive payday.

The fan who caught the home run ball, which was hit in the first inning in Texas vs. the Rangers, was seen being escorted away from his seat by security and has already received offers of $2 million, according to Front Office Sports.

The lucky attendee has been identified as a man named Corey Youmans.

Youmans was asked was asked what he was going to do with the ball after he secured the valuable artifact. ‘That’s a good question, I haven’t thought about it,’ he said. 

Judge tied the 61-year record last week vs. the Blue Jays, before Yankees fans who wanted to see him break the record at home vs. the Orioles were left disappointed. 

Based on previous estimates by one expert, Youmans would be wise to hold out for more than $2 million. 

‘Perhaps some collectors believe that Bonds, McGwire and Sosa are the real home run champions. But we discredit that notion for obvious reasons,’ Chris Brigandi, owner of Brigandi Coins & Collectibles, told the Action Network.

‘With that said, we can expect Judge’s 60th to be valued at $500,000-plus, 61st at $2 million-plus, 62 and record-setting at $5 to $10 million.’

Another fan took a huge fall from their outfield seat in an attempt to catch the ball, but missed it by a wide margin.

A spectator who attempted to grab Judge’s record-equaling 61st home run ball in Toronto also suffered a huge miss last Wednesday. 

Judge hit the two-run home run with the score tied vs. the Blue Jays at the top of the seventh inning, and several fans in left field had their gloves outstretched in the hopes of capturing the piece of memorabilia.

But one Toronto fan in particular was visibly devastated after missing the ball despite being in near-perfect position to do so.

The man, in a Blue Jays jersey and hat, put his hands on his hand after narrowly missing the ball, and threw his glove in disgust, hitting another fan in the head.

Another nearby fan, identified by The Canadian Press as a man named Frankie Lasagna, came close to catching the ball and said he specifically bought front-row tickets in the hopes of (literally) capturing the milestone.

‘Two more feet and I would have had it,’ he told the publication.

‘I needed a fishing net and I would have got it.’

The previous record AL record holder was another Yankee, Roger Maris, who hit 61 home runs in 1961.

Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire 73 and 70 home runs respectively in the National League, though their records are viewed with asterisks due to their steroid use.

 ‘He’s clean, he’s a Yankee, he plays the game the right way,’ Maris’ son Roger Maris Jr. said after Judge’s 61st home run. 

‘I think he gives people a chance to look at somebody who should be revered for hitting 62 home runs and not just as a guy who did it in the American League. He should be revered for being the actual single-season home run champ.’