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2025 Mlb Awards Projections Judge Or Raleigh For Mvp Ohtani Three

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2025 mlb awards projections judge or raleigh for mvp ohtani three

Who is in the mix for MLB's top three individual awards — MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of the Year — and should we expect any surprises? The Mariners have a slugging catcher who is making headlines and history that's fueling an intense MVP debate. The Dodgers' two-way talent continues to triumph. And the Athletics feature a rookie that's having a historic season debut. With only a few weeks left in the regular season, we take stock of the award races. It seems like all we’ve heard around baseball since the second half of the season is the AL MVP debate.

Let’s not make this complicated. It comes down to the numbers. Judge has a 192 wRC+ and 7.9 fWAR; Raleigh has about a 158 wRC+ and 7.3 fWAR. Judge is slashing .321/.442/.660 with 44 homers; Raleigh is at roughly .240/.349/.574 with 53 homers. I’m not convinced that everything Raleigh does as a switch-hitting catcher is enough to bridge the gap in Judge’s rate stats and on-base/slugging advantage — roughly an 86-point difference in slugging — so this... – Deesha Thosar

Aaron Judge is eyeing his third AL MVP. (Photo by New York Yankees/Getty Images) Shohei Ohtani's fourth MVP award was announced Thursday, but the race was effectively decided in September or even earlier. The same can't be said for the American League's edition of the award. New York Yankees star Aaron Judge had to sweat out the vote totals all the way until Thursday's announcement, when he narrowly won his third AL MVP award over Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh. Ohtani and Judge became the first pair of players to win back-to-back MVP awards together, earning the award in 2024 and 2025.

Here's a closer look at the vote totals in both the AL and NL. MORE: Full list of winners, finalists for 2025 MLB Awards The 2025 American and National League Most Valuable Player Awards are set to be announced on Thursday, and while there’s really no argument about the National League winner, the American League crown has generated... Let’s go over everything you need to know about this year’s field and history of the award. Most expect that Judge will add to his current total of two MVP awards. That he had more than 80 points of batting average and nearly 200 points of OPS on Raleigh is pretty overwhelming, even though Raleigh did top him in homers, setting single-season records for both...

Raleigh’s production would have warranted the award most years, but Judge is simply on an incredible run. A historic 55th for Cal Raleigh!No switch-hitter has EVER had as many homers in a season 🤯 #TridentsUp pic.twitter.com/AkI86KzCTA As for Ramírez, the superb Cleveland third baseman will finish third for the third time in his career and in the top five for a sixth time. He still hasn’t won one, though; he came closest in the shortened 2020, when he placed second to José Abreu. It has been a regular season where down is up, up is down, improbability becomes inevitability. We’ve had epic collapses, historic comebacks, teams that gave up at the trade deadline only to start winning, and teams that were all-in fall apart.

That little Midwest team that wound up with the best record in baseball. The juggernaut in Hollywood that was supposed to ruin baseball scrambled simply to win its division. We barely had a .300 hitter in the National League. There will be no 20-game winner, and a 10-game winner will win the NL Cy Young. There were a record-tying four 50-home run hitters, a record seven 30-30 players, and not a single no-hitter. The best of the best in Major League Baseball will be acknowledged on Thursday, November 13 when the Baseball Writers Association of America hands out the awards for the National League and American League...

Familiar names are on the ballot, with last year's winners Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees earning recognition for stellar individual campaigns in 2025. Heavy-hitting newcomers Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies and Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners will look to earn their first hardware. Ahead of the announcement, find out who has the best odds according to DraftKings Sportsbook (h/t .css-wrcrjw{margin:0;font-size:1.6rem;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;font-family:Proxima Nova,Proxima Nova Fallback Helvetica,Proxima Nova Fallback Arial;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;letter-spacing:0rem;line-height:1.92rem;color:var(--br--palette-foreground__link__secondary__default-mainChannel);font-size:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;white-space:normal;}.css-3nqh9c{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:rgba(var(--br--palette-primary-mainChannel) / 0.4);margin:0;font-size:1.6rem;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;font-family:Proxima Nova,Proxima Nova Fallback Helvetica,Proxima Nova Fallback Arial;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;letter-spacing:0rem;line-height:1.92rem;color:var(--br--palette-foreground__link__secondary__default-mainChannel);font-size:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;white-space:normal;}.css-3nqh9c:hover{text-decoration-color:inherit;}.css-lu48cp{margin:0;font:inherit;color:var(--br--palette-primary-main);-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-color:rgba(var(--br--palette-primary-mainChannel) /... Shohei Ohtani, DH/SP, Los Angeles Dodgers (-20000) Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'V7ytl-6IRtRe-HghZgFXnw',sig:'cHtcT74-DHWGnMa9WeMyNr6k5PBACSMOFVpfnAewL3g=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2239853960',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); The New York Yankees Aaron Judge blasted 62 home runs in 2022, earning his first AL MVP award.

After hitting 37 in 2023, he followed with another monster campaign in 2024, launching 58 home runs and driving in a career-high 144 runs to secure his second MVP. The 2025 season, however, may go down as Judge’s most magical yet. He led the American League in nearly every major power category, posting a .331 batting average, .457 OBP, .688 SLG, and an OPS of 1.145. Beyond the power numbers, he also paced the league with 137 runs scored and 124 walks. Pitchers avoided him at historic levels, as he was intentionally walked 36 times—receiving the full Barry Bonds treatment. With that level of dominance, Judge was the clear choice for MVP.

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