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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

For the second straight season, New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge has been named the American League's Most Valuable Player. Judge beat out Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh and Cleveland Guardians third baseman José Ramírez for the award, the BBWAA announced Thursday night. As the voting results show, it was a close race between Judge and Raleigh: This is Judge's second straight MVP and the third of his career (he also won in 2022). He is the 13th player with three MVPs. Only Barry Bonds (seven) and Shohei Ohtani (four), who won this year's National League MVP, have more.

Judge is the fourth Yankee with three MVPs, joining Hall of Famers Joe DiMaggio (1939, 1941, 1947), Yogi Berra (1951, 1954-55), and Mickey Mantle (1956-57, 1962). He joins Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers superstar who won National League MVP. Judge slashed .331/.457/.688 this season and led baseball in batting average by 20 points, on-base percentage by 58 points, and slugging percentage by 66 points. His 53 home runs were second in the AL behind Raleigh's 60. Judge's 9.7 WAR was 1.7 wins better than the next best player, per Baseball Reference's calculations. Aaron Judge had yet another historical year during the 2025 MLB season and, as expected, he's now being recognized for it.

The Yankees slugger was named one of three finalists for the American League MVP on Monday night, joining the Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh and Cleveland Guardians' José Ramírez. Judge, who's looking to take home his second straight AL MVP and the third of his career, hit 53 home runs and led the league in batting average (.331) for the first time in... He helped the Yanks win 94 games and make the postseason for the second straight season, finishing second in the AL East to the eventual pennant winning Toronto Blue Jays. Some of his other jaw-dropping stats from the 2025 season include: The reigning MVP will finish in the top three again, while staff ace Max Fried did not end up as a finalist for the Cy. Award season is upon us with the conclusion of the World Series, and after rolling out the Gold Gloves on Sunday MLB has now announced the finalists for some of the big individual awards.

Headlining them all are the MVP races, and to no one’s surprise Aaron Judge will finish in the top three for AL MVP once again. Judge followed up his MVP 2024 with another monster season at the plate, hitting .331/.457/.688 with 53 home runs, 137 runs scored, and 114 RBI. That was good enough for Judge to claim his first batting title in his career, and post a wRC+ over 200 for the third time in his career (204 this year, 220 last year,... He’ll be in the top three, but it’s no secret that he won’t be third, as the honor will likely go to either him or Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh who became the third player... Guardians third baseman José Ramírez rounds out the field of finalists. The Yankees also had a candidate in another category, the AL Cy Young crowd, but unfortunately Max Fried did not end up a finalist there.

The team’s top starter after signing with them in free agency, Fried had to step up once Gerrit Cole was put on the shelf in spring training and did just that: he earned a... Fried was a headliner for the award around the time of the All-Star break, but a summer swoon put him off track even though he finished strong with a 1.89 ERA in September. Boston’s Garrett Crochet, Detroit’s Tarik Skubal, and Houston’s Hunter Brown are the top three for this year’s Cy, but Fried should still get some lower ballot results. A daily roundup of New York Yankees news New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge is now officially a finalist for the 2025 AL MVP Award, and for good reason. He gave another incredible performance in the regular season, and is widely hailed as the best slugger in the MLB.

But it won't be enough to win him the AL award. Your 2025 @officialBBWAA AL Most Valuable Player Award finalists:Aaron JudgeCal RaleighJosé Ramírez pic.twitter.com/UyWkwFktH5 Judge was named alongside Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, who is considered his closest competition for the award, and Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez. Raleigh has the more unique story, as he is a phenomenal catcher and led the Mariners to their first division win since 2001. His nickname — Big Dumper, in reference to his large butt — created a cult fandom for Raleigh who led the league in home runs in 2025 (with 60). Judge's accomplishments this season were summarized by MLB in the announcement that he is a finalist, and they speak for themselves.

"After winning AL MVP honors in 2022 and ’24, Judge delivered another outstanding season in ’25," MLB wrote. "The Yankees slugger topped the 50-homer mark (53) for the fourth time in his career, led the AL in runs (137) and walks (124) and was the Major League leader in all three slash... He also topped MLB in both the Baseball-Reference (9.7) and FanGraphs (10.1) versions of WAR, helping the Yankees earn a Wild Card berth." New York Yankees’ slugger Aaron Judge earned four more first-place votes than Seattle Mariners’ catcher Cal Raleigh to win the American League MVP. Judge outpolled Raleigh, 17-13, in first-place votes. It was the closest MVP race since 2019, when Mike Trout won over Alex Bregman by the same margin.

Judge’s second consecutive victory is also his third overall. He is the 13th player to be named MVP at least three times. Barry Bonds is the all-time record-holder with seven MVP Awards, all in the NL (1990, 1992-93, 2001-04). Shohei Ohtani, the 2025 MVP in the National League, has won four times, including last year in the NL and in 2021 and 2023 in the AL Other three-time winners in the AL: Jimmie Foxx (1932-33, 1938), Joe DiMaggio (1939, 1941, 1947), Yogi Berra (1951, 1954-55), Mickey Mantle (1956-57, 1962), Alex Rodriguez (2003, 2005, 2007) and Mike Trout (2014, 2016, 2019). Three-time winners in the NL: Stan Musial (1943, 1946, 1948), Roy Campanella (1951, 1953, 1955), Mike Schmidt (1980-81, 1986) and Albert Pujols (2005, 2008-09).

This election marks the 20th time a player has won the award in back-to-back years. Bonds did it four times in the NL (1992-93, 2001-02, 2002-03 and 2003-04) and Ohtani twice (2023 AL and 2024 NL, 2024-25 NL). Judge’s back-to-back victories in AL voting matches that of Foxx (1932-33), Hal Newhouser (1944-45), Berra (1954-55), Mantle (1956-57), Roger Maris (1960-61), Frank Thomas (1993-94) and Miguel Cabrera (2012-13). Back-to-back winners in the NL in addition to Bonds and Ohtani: Ernie Banks (1958-59), Joe Morgan (1975-76), Schmidt (1980-81), Dale Murphy (1982-83) and Pujols (2008-09).

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