Overview

• Aaron Judge homered in an 11-inning 5-3 win over the White Sox, giving him 42 this season and 357 for his career, one shy of Yogi Berra for fifth on the Yankees’ all-time list.
• Aaron Boone publicly endorsed Judge for AL MVP, praising his overall dominance while acknowledging Cal Raleigh’s standout year.
• Judge leads MLB in batting average, wRC+ and fWAR and tops the league in OPS at 1.107, reinforcing his all-around value.
• Raleigh has surged to an MLB-best 50 home runs and an AL-leading 107 RBI, the most homers ever by a primary catcher.
• Betting markets currently favor Judge over Raleigh for AL MVP, and both the Yankees and Mariners are in the Wild Card mix with a potential postseason meeting still in play.