Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani named unanimous MVPs after historic seasons

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To nobody’s surprise, Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani were named the AL and NL MVPs Thursday, each receiving all 30 first-place votes.

He may not have broken his single-season home run record he set during his 2022 MVP season, but the New York Yankees captain was once again dominant at the plate to receive his second career nod as the MVP in the American League.

Judge beat out Juan Soto, who he hopes to play with again in 2025 in pinstripes, and Kansas City Royals phenom Bobby Witt Jr., who received all 30 second-place votes.

Judge led the league in homers for the third time in his career, launching 58 long balls while posting league highs in WAR (10.8), RBIs (144), slugging percentage (.701), on-base percentage (.458) and OPS+ (223).

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Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge (Imagn)

While Soto’s production helped the Yankees reach the World Series alongside Judge, Witt owned the league’s best batting average at .332, while hitting 32 homers with 109 RBIs. Soto had 41 homers and 109 RBIs.

Judge’s postseason production was much different, but this is a regular-season award.

The slugger had trouble finding a rhythm despite the Yankees reaching the World Series. He slashed .184/.344/.408 with three homers and nine RBIs over 14 games.

The New York Yankees' Aaron Judge reacts after hitting a grand slam off Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Cam Booser during the seventh inning of a game Sept. 13, 2024, in New York.  (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Ohtani inked a record-shattering $700 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the offseason and underwent elbow surgery prior to the start of the 2024 campaign,