Aaron Judge Has The AL MVP On Smash, But Bobby Witt Jr. Shouldn’t Be Ignored

As the MLB postseason rapidly approaches, the good old days of World Series lore spread over decades is a possibility as the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees are again the class of baseball.

 

Both teams have the best players in their respective leagues in Shohei Ohtani (Dodgers) and Aaron Judge (Yankees) with plenty of statistics to back it up.

 

Both are having historical seasons that supersede their superstar careers.

 

Judge, who broke the American League home run record with 62 in an MVP season, is on pace to break his own record while becoming an even more efficient hitter. He has dominated baseball at the plate at such a level that many are bypassing the “Steroid Era” and placing him next to the one and only Babe Ruth.

 

Shohei Ohtani, who is compared to Ruth based on his ability to pitch at a high level and hit for power, has put pitching on the shelf for this season. But that doesn’t mean his contributions haven’t been electric. Ohtani is on a short list of players who have accomplished hitting over 40 home runs (he stands at 41) and stealing more than 40 bases (40). The Dodgers superstar has an outside chance of being the only player to join the 50-50 club.

 

It was enough of a possibility that ESPN’s Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser discussed whose accomplishments were greater on Pardon The Interruption…

 

 

Guess which player is a slam dunk for winning league MVP and who isn’t? Yes, our MLBbro Aaron Judge!

 

Bobby Witt Jr. Is A Legit AL MVP Candidate

 

While MLB should be ordering Aaron Judge’s name to be stenciled for the AL MVP trophy, The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal believes Kansas City Royals shortstop, Bobby Witt Jr. should be considered. He based his opinions on these factors…

 

Witt Jr. leads all of baseball as of this writing with a .347 batting average. Aaron Judge has an average of .333.

 

Witt Jr. has made an impact on the basepaths with 27 compared to our MLBbro’s six. This puts him on pace for a back-to-back 30-30 season.

 

Finally, with the comparisons in the field, Rosenthal based on the analytics and advanced stats calls Witt Jr. the best defensive player in baseball and Judge one of the worst.

 

Well…film don’t lie, as they say.

 

 

MLBbro.com is biased towards Black and brown players because…that’s who the staff covers exclusively. But that does not matter in this case. Since April 27, 2024, the reigning AL Player of the Week is the first MLBbro to hit over 50 home runs in three seasons breaking a tie with MLBbro icons, Ken Griffey Jr. and the late Willie Mays…

 

 

His power combinations with teammates have been electric. He shares home runs in the same game this season with not one but two teammates in Giancarlo Stanton and Juan Soto with 12. But last weekend, the last ingredient to an MVP story is history that has been made. When all three hit back-to-back-to-back homers, it was the first time three former Home Run Derby champions had accomplished the feat!

 

 

The AL MVP chase is over. The only question is…Will Judge take the Triple Crown?