Yankees’ Aaron Judge named AL MVP finalist

Pitchers and catchers reported nearly 10 days ago, the full team is now around the clubhouses and the Spring Training opener is behind us. Folks, it feels like baseball season once again. As we prepare to turn our calendars into March, Opening Day suddenly doesn't seem so far away anymore. As the odds for the 2024 MLB season start to trickle out at…

Spring Training is officially underway for Major League Baseball. So, naturally, it's time to get way ahead of ourselves and bet on the potential winner or two for baseball's biggest regular season awards. Today, we have betting odds on the AL and NL MVP as well as the Cy Young Award winner for each league. As you might expect, names like Spencer…

The battle to earn Major League Baseball MVP honors in the American League in 2024 will have a much different look this year when play commences in late March. Last year's unanimous winner, pitcher/DH Shohei Ohtani, no longer is with the AL's Los Angeles Angels, opting to move up Interstate 5 during free agency to be with the National League's…

Major League Baseball 2024 AL and NL MVP Odds and Expert Predictions MLB squads are heading to Florida and Arizona for Spring Training, and it is never too early to look at MVP odds for the upcoming regular season. The 2023 campaign brought fans two monster MVP Award-winners in Shohei Ohtani and Ronald Acuna Jr. Both look like strong contenders…

With 62 home runs, a $230 million worth bet, and a broken American League record of 61 years ago, Aaron Judge carried the New York Yankees to the ALCS. Despite their eventual humiliating loss to the Astros, there was never any question about Judge leading the race of the American League MVP race. However, on the other hand, running up to him was a…

Aaron Judge's historic 2022 season garnered all the headlines, and rightfully so. But the New York Yankees slugger was hardly the only guy launching baseballs into orbit all summer. Ten players - seven from the National League, three from the American League - belted at least 35 home runs in 2022. That includes Philadelphia Phillies left fielder…

Shohei Ohtani (+200) is the favorite to win AL MVP at SI Sportsbook. Ohtani is the rightful favorite to take home his second MVP award in 2023. The league's only two-way player pitched to a 2.33 ERA (sixth in MLB) with 15 wins (T-4th) while also smashing 34 home runs (T-8th) and batting.270 in 2022. That's awfully hard to top. It took Aaron…

Who will win MLB MVP in 2023? New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge and St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt took home the honors last year. Now, we look ahead to the 2023 season with an outlook analyzing the National League and American League candidates for the MLB MVP race. Major League Baseball is the only American professional…

It's almost February, and we are gearing up for the start of the MLB season and look at the odds for AL MVP in this upcoming season. Shohei Ohtani leads the early-season voting for the American League MVP early in the season. Ultimately, he had another great season as he finished with a batting average of.273 with 34 home runs, 95 RBIs, and 90s…

New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge and St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt won the 2022 AL and NL MVP awards, respectively, on Thursday. Judge was always the favorite to win this award in the American League, even if Shohei Ohtani made it a memorable race. The Yankees slugger hit.311 with 62 homers, 131 RBI, 133 runs, 16 stolen…

NEW YORK - Aaron Judge heard chants of "M-V-P" from fans nearly every game in the second half at Yankee Stadium. Their wishes were fulfilled. On Thursday night, it was announced that Judge had won his first American League Most Valuable Player Award after hitting a league-record 62 home runs. Judge, now a free agent, earned nearly all of the…

Aaron Judge is the favorite to take home his first career MVP award after finishing second to Jose Altuve in 2017. He posted a sterling 11.4 fWAR, broke the American League home run record and dragged the New York Yankees to the playoffs. Ordinarily, he would be an easy choice. However, any year in which Shohei Ohtani plays does make for an easy…

It isn't often the Los Angeles Dodgers make a mistake trading a player. In June 2016, on the last day of the MLB international signing period, the Dodgers gave Cuban outfielder Yordan Alvarez a reported $2M signing bonus to sign with their club. Alvarez, who had turned 19 June 27 of that year, was a left-handed hitting, right-handed throwing,…

The 2022 World Series MVP is an interesting discussion as the regular season comes to an end. Fans will be eagerly waiting for the post-season to commence. The start of the 2022 MLB postseason sees a dozen games set to take place as part of the Wild Card rounds. Each of the eight Wild Card teams will play in a best-of-three game series, with the…

Who will win MLB MVP in 2022? Los Angeles Angels two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani won AL MVP and Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper took home his second NL MVP honor in 2021. Major League Baseball is the only American professional sport that wards two MVP awards, one to each conference. It allows two players to take home a prestigious honor,…

This article was contributed by DraftKings. For more sports betting insights, check out DraftKings Playbook. The MVP race is essentially wrapped up, right? The two favorites on the board, Aaron Judge and Paul Goldschmidt, have run away with the award, according to the odds. Judge is -2000 to win the AL award, while Goldschmidt is at -2500 for the…

Judge-Ohtani? Ohtani-Judge? Who's your No. 1 in the MVP race? In the latest MLB.com MVP poll, there's still one favorite between Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani in the American League. But the race is tightening as we enter the final weeks of the regular season. In the National League? Paul Goldschmidt looks like he's running away with it. Which is…

That's the big question in the American League, which is rich with talent as it is home to both New York Yankees' Aaron Judge and Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani. Everyone has their own opinion on which slugger should be awarded with the AL MVP award, and CC Sabathia just shared his. And he didn't choose the guy on his old team. BUY MLB…

The biggest headline over the past week in MLB has been the great debate on who should win the AL MVP. Aaron Judge or Shohei Ohtani? Aaron Judge is currently on pace to beat Roger Maris' single season record of 61 home runs, and generational two-way player Shohei Ohtani has performed as not just a top-15 hitter, but a top-15 pitcher as well. It's…

The American League MVP award figures to be one of the most exciting races in MLB's second half. Last year, Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani took home the award in an unanimous vote, even after Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 's excellent season. This year, things appear to be a lot closer, but the Angels' ace and slugger still seems to be the…

As Major League Baseball continues its All-Star break, we'll continue updating our looks at the season-long awards by turning our attention to the AL MVP race. Yesterday we looked at AL Cy Young and NL Cy Young races, in the hopes of finding betting values among the top contenders. The AL MVP race is one of the most intriguing awards of the season.…

The New York Yankees are the best team in baseball right now and it comes as no surprise considering the season right fielder Aaron Judge is having, as he closes in on 30 home runs this season. Judge, who is the league's leader in home runs (29) and has the fourth-most RBIs (59), is on pace for a monster season and making strong case for his first…

It's Aaron Judge's contract year, and it shows. The Yankees slugger turned down a seven-year, $213.5 million extension over the offseason in order to bet on himself in free agency, the forum in which the majority of baseball's largest contracts have been signed. His wager can be best described as prudent. The three-time All-Star - soon to be…

Any player nominated for a Most Valuable Player Award has obviously had a great season. But describing what this year's MVP candidates accomplished as "great" kind of undersells their seasons. In the American League, home run history was made out east while last year's MVP continued to make his own unique brand of history on the mound and at the…

NEW YORK - Back on Opening Day, Aaron Judge wagered on his 2022 performance and rejected the Yankees' $213.5 million extension offer. Judge followed through with an all-time season in his free agent walk year. On Thursday night, official validation of an historic individual MLB season arrived as Judge captured the 2022 American League Most Valuable…