Aaron Judge is the leader in the American League MVP. Judge made history in recent weeks with his 300th career bro bomb and is the youngest Yankee to do so. Of course, the American League is stacked with heavy hitters in the race such as Gunthar Henderson, Bobby Witt Jr, and even his own Bronx teammate Juan Soto are all in the conversation.
With all those big names in the convo, we could be looking at a two-time MVP. The 2022 season was Judge’s MVP season where he broke the AL home run record and carried a batting average of .311. This year, he is on pace again for 60 home runs; his batting average is through the roof at .331.
Hurlers don’t even want to pitch to him, which is why his walk rate is at a career high as well.
Aaron Judge is on easy street, but the National League race is up in the air. The Los Angeles Dodgers have Shohei Ohtani leading the conversation. Mookie Bett is just now getting back from the injury that he obtained near the All-Star Break, so he’s fallen out of the race. Ohtani has surpassed him since then.
Betts, however, returned from his injury in MVP form, even hitting a game-tying double to left field, which inspired fellow Bro Jason Hayward to hit a three-run home run to win the game. Betts coming back and producing like he never left, is all the more reason why his name will always at least be mentioned. Betts won the AL MVP back in 2018 when he was playing for the Boston Red Sox and won a World Series title that year.
Betts and Judge are both searching for their second MVP award, in the very near future we could be witnessing two Black Major leaguers win this award which hasn’t been done since 1993 (Frank Tomas & Barry Bonds).
These two will continue to carry their teams to plenty of wins and World Series contention. The New York Yankees and Dodgers are also favorites to meet in the World Series, so you know the Bros will continue to bring their A-game to the field.
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