Overview
- The BBWAA will announce the American League MVP at 7 p.m. ET Thursday, with Aaron Judge and Seattle’s Cal Raleigh viewed as the two leading candidates.
- Prediction market Kalshi prices Judge at roughly a 94% chance to win after about $2.4 million in trades on the market.
- Judge delivered a .331/.457/.688 slash line with 53 home runs and an MLB-best WAR, and he already holds AL MVP awards from 2022 and 2024.
- Raleigh paced MLB with 60 home runs, becoming the first catcher to reach that total and setting a switch-hitting home run record.
- Analysis highlights voter fatigue versus recognition of milestone seasons as factors in the race, with José Ramírez considered a distant third finalist.