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Cal Raleigh Edges Aaron Judge for Baseball Digest Player of the Year

The pre-postseason honor from a 24-member panel is viewed as an early bellwether in a razor-thin AL MVP race.

Overview

  • Raleigh received 12 first-place votes and 56 points to Judge's eight and 53, with Shohei Ohtani getting the other four first-place votes.
  • The Mariners catcher hit 60 homers, led the AL with 125 RBIs, and set single-season marks for a switch-hitter, a catcher, and a Seattle player.
  • Judge led MLB in batting average (.331) and OPS (1.144) with 53 home runs and 114 RBIs in 2025.
  • Ballots were cast before the postseason and recognize regular-season performance only.
  • Paul Skenes was named Pitcher of the Year and Aroldis Chapman won Relief Pitcher of the Year.