Overview
- Judge formally received the award at the 101st BBWAA dinner in Manhattan and was also honored as the chapter’s Toast of the Town.
- Anthony Rizzo introduced him and told Samantha Judge, “Without you, Aaron is not a three-time MVP.”
- In his speech, Judge thanked Samantha—calling her “my hitting coach” and “my therapist”—and celebrated becoming a father to their daughter, Nora.
- His 2025 season included a .331 average, 53 home runs and 114 RBIs, with MLB-leading marks in on-base percentage, slugging, OPS, runs, walks and extra-base hits.
- The vote was close, with Judge receiving 17 first-place votes and 355 points to edge the Mariners’ Cal Raleigh (13, 335), and he joined Mantle, Berra and DiMaggio as Yankees with three MVPs.