Aaron Judge won his second career American League MVP award for a season that might have been even more impressive than the 62-homer campaign that won him his first.
The New York Yankees star was voted the unanimous winner by the 30-person BBWAA voting body, his first time receiving every first-place vote. In 2022, he lost two votes to Shohei Ohtani, who unanimously won the NL MVP minutes later on Thursday.
The voting was also unanimous for second place, with Bobby Witt Jr. of the Kansas City Royals sweeping the second-place votes. Judge’s teammate Juan Soto, Gunnar Henderson of the Baltimore Orioles and José Ramírez of the Cleveland Guardians all received third-place votes.
Judge joins Mickey Mantle (1956) as the only Yankees players to win MVP unanimously.
It was an extraordinary season for Judge, who posted career highs in all three slash line numbers at .322/.458/.701 while clubbing 58 home runs.
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