Cal Raleigh Loses Al Mvp Voting Aaron Judge Wins Award For The Msn

Bonisiwe Shabane

-Nov 18, 2025, 6:55 AM

cal raleigh loses al mvp voting aaron judge wins award for the msn

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 New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge won the the American League MVP, as announced on the MLB Network. Judge had 17 first place votes and 13 second place votes to Raleigh’s 13 first place votes and 17 second place votes, totalling 355 for Judge and 335 for Raleigh. Here's the results ... Julio Rodriuez finished sixth in MVP voting. pic.twitter.com/ISvA86PyRg Judge led the American League in batting average (.331) and runs (137).

He also finished the season with 53 home runs and 114 RBIs. SEATTLE — Critics will call this a homer column. Maybe it is. Maybe it has to be, to understand why Cal Raleigh was the rightful American League MVP. Because you had to be here, to see the signs outside Seattle businesses boasting, “Might as well go win the whole [expletive] thing.” To feel how much it mattered, as Seattle went 26-9 at... To hear the “M-V-P” chants from 42,833 fans when Raleigh sent home run No.

60 ascending into the right-field seats at T-Mobile Park. “A catcher has hit 60 home runs!” ROOT Sports broadcaster Aaron Goldsmith bellowed on Sept. 24, barely above the roar, as Raleigh bounded around the bases. “Your MVP moment, Cal Raleigh!” It was a season full of MVP moments, a rocket stacking records as it accelerated into space. But on Thursday, Raleigh did not win the MVP.

That award went to New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge, who received 355 total points and 17 first-place votes to earn the honor. With 335 points and 13 first-place votes, Raleigh finished a close second, ahead of fellow finalist, Cleveland Guardians’ third baseman Jose Ramirez (224 points). Despite a historic season that will set the standard for catchers for years to come, the Mariners’ Cal Raleigh fell short of the AL MVP award for 2025, which went to the Yankees’ Aaron... Despite being an outcome many Mariners fans were prepared for as soon as it became clear this would be a two-horse race, it still feels disappointing for fans who watched Raleigh every day and... Judge was, clearly, the superior hitter; he had a monster offensive season and beat Raleigh in virtually every statistical category outside of home runs and RBI. His numbers are gaudy, as they’ve been since 2022, when he hit his record-setting 62 homers, welcoming his 30s with a newfound barrage of homers.

Judge’s one bête noir has occasionally been his health, but he only missed 10 games this season. If Most Valuable Player is defined as the best hitter in baseball, that is easily Judge. Any team would be made significantly better with him; losing him would make his team significantly worse. Judge’s 10.1 fWAR alone accounted for a third of the Yankees’ total team fWAR in 2025. But the same is true of Cal Raleigh for the Mariners; his 9.1 fWAR accounts for almost 35% of the Mariners’ team mark of 26.5. But beyond the numbers, Raleigh’s impact on the 2025 Mariners touches every aspect of the team.

Yes, his bat anchored the lineup, a looming threat and an obstacle that every opposing pitcher had to plan around. But while commentators and talking heads attempt to pay service to Raleigh’s role as a catcher, it’s difficult to really capture his daily impact, especially if you’re not in the clubhouse every day to... Raleigh simply never stops working. He shows up early and stays late; his days are fuller than anyone else’s, crammed with meetings – hitters’ meetings, pitching meetings, catcher-only meetings – as well as less formal one-on-ones with various staff... There’s batting practice, and maybe extra cage work if there’s something specific he’s working on with his swing. Then there’s the time he puts in building rapport with his pitching staff, starters and relievers, learning who they are and what they like, on and off the field.

Around all these meetings is time in the training room, doing preventative maintenance pregame in preparation for the beating his body is about to undergo, and postgame care to recover from the daily slings... He doesn’t stop working during the game, either; not only is he calling (or negotiating) every pitch a Mariners pitcher throws, he’s also working with his pitchers during the offensive innings to look at... Or maybe an opposing manager opts to bring in a reliever, flipping around the switch-hitter, triggering a last-minute change of tactics. For the third time in the last four years, Aaron Judge is the American League MVP. Judge beat out Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh to earn the honour on Thursday night, taking home 17 of the 30 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers' Association of America. All voting is completed prior to the post-season.

The 33-year-old was back in peak form in 2025, leading the AL in batting average, OPS, walks and WAR. He also blasted 53 home runs, drove in 114, stole 12 bases and won his fifth career Silver Slugger Award. Judge led his New York Yankees to a 94-win season, ultimately finishing second in the AL East to the Toronto Blue Jays. The MLB released the 2026 regular season schedule. Here is a look at key dates and events. The New York Yankees outfielder won his third career American League Most Valuable Player award on Thursday, edging out Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh and Cleveland Guardians third baseman José Ramírez.

Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Judge, 33, previously won MVP in 2022 and 2024. He's just the fourth player to win the award at least three times for the Yankees -- joining Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle -- and the first to do it in a... Judge joins Berra and Mantle as the only Yankees to win consecutive MVPs. While Judge's counting numbers were down from his previous two MVP runs, he still put together a monster season. The Yankees captain hit a career-best .331 with 53 home runs and 114 RBIs -- leading the AL in runs scored, walks, batting average, slugging percentage, on-base plus slugging, total bases and intentional walks.

November 14, 2025, 2:23am EST 116 • By Swati Bhatia The 2025 MLB awards season came to an exciting finish on Thursday night with the announcement of the American League and National League MVP winners. While last year’s AL MVP race was a one-sided affair with Aaron Judge winning unanimously, this year’s contest was far closer. In the end, the New York Yankees captain edged out Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh to secure his second straight MVP honor, taking home 17 first-place votes compared to Raleigh’s 13. Aaron Judge is MVP again!It’s back-to-back AL MVPs for The Captain! pic.twitter.com/HzqA96V6Ni

Both players delivered incredible seasons that will be remembered for years to come. Aaron Judge continued his dominance at the plate, while Raleigh made history with a record-breaking hitting. Raleigh crushed 60 home runs, setting both a Mariners record and a new single-season record for an MLB catcher. He also drove in 125 RBIs while anchoring Seattle’s pitching staff and helping the team stay in the playoff hunt until the final week. Aaron Judge, meanwhile, hit .331 with 53 homers, 114 RBIs, and a 1.144 OPS, putting together another monster campaign despite missing seven games due to an elbow injury in late July.

Cal Raleigh Loses Al Mvp Voting Aaron Judge Wins Award For The Msn

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