Aaron Judge became the fastest player in MLB history to reach 350 career homers on Saturday and it feels inevitable that the Bronx slugger will join the hallowed 500-homer club sometime in the next several years.

He could have plenty of company.

The 28-player group could swell significantly in the coming decade, with Yankees teammate Giancarlo Stanton (432), the Angels’ Mike Trout (395), the Yankees’ Paul Goldschmidt (370), the Padres’ Manny Machado (359), the Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman (353), the Cardinals’ Nolan Arenado (351), and the Phillies’ Bryce Harper (346) all within striking distance.

Lurking a little further down the active leaderboard, the Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber (314), the Diamondbacks’ Eugenio Suarez (307), the Dodgers’ Mookie Betts (282), the Met’s Francisco Lindor (267), the Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani (257) and the Mets’ Pete Alonso (247) are piling up big numbers and still in their early 30s.

And then there’s Juan Soto, who already has 224 homers at the tender age of 26.

Some are stronger candidates than others, given their injury history and age. The 35-year-old Stanton has battled various ailments over the past several seasons, but has been productive when he’s played.

The 33-year-old Trout has been slowed by injuries, too, but hit enough homers in his 20s that it would be surprising if he didn’t eventually reach the mark.

This generation’s group of sluggers is reminiscent of a stretch from 2001 to 2009, when Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Ken Griffey Jr., Jim Thome, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro, Manny Ramirez, Frank Thomas and Gary Sheffield all made it to 500.

The biggest difference is several of those players’ accomplishments were tainted — at least to some — because it was part of a era that included widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs.

The club has been relatively hard to join over the past decade. The last to reach 500 was Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera on Aug. 22, 2021.

Before that, Red Sox star David Ortiz slugged his 500th homer in 2015.

DODGERS DRAFT

The Dodgers doubled up on Arkansas Razorbacks in Sunday’s first day of the MLB draft.

With their first pick (40th overall), they took left-hander Zachary Root from the Arkansas team that went 50-15 and reached the semifinals of the College World Series. Their second pick (41st overall) was Root’s teammate, outfielder Charles Davalan.

Four Arkansas players were taken in the first 41 picks.

Both Root (East Carolina) and Davalan (Florida Gulf Coast) started their college careers elsewhere, transferring to Arkansas for this season. Davalan grew up in Montreal.

Root was 9-6 with a 3.62 ERA in 19 starts for the Razorbacks. Playing mostly left field and some center, Davalan hit .346 with 14 home runs and 60 RBIs this year, leading Arkansas in hits (93) and stolen bases (10).

The Dodgers used their second selection on Florida State right-hander Cam Leiter. He is the nephew of former MLB pitchers Al Leiter and Mark Leiter Sr., as well as the cousin of Texas Rangers pitcher Jack Leiter and New York Yankees pitcher Mark Leiter Jr.

— Bill Plunkett