While Shohei Ohtani is the run-away favorite to win the NL MVP, the AL MVP race is closer, and Cal Raleigh’s novelty may just tip the scales and prevent Aaron Judge from winning his third trophy.
Dan Patrick: “What can you say about Aaron Judge now? If you said Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated back when it was Sports Illustrated, it really meant something, they would have Cal Raleigh on the cover not Aaron Judge…Cal Raleigh is a better story. Doesn’t mean that he should be the MVP because he’s a better story, but I do believe voter fatigue happens. I think you had that with Joker (Nikola Jokić). I think you’ve had that before with players where; what else can we say about this guy?”