Barring an ultra-rare tie, a deserving Most Valuable Player candidate in the American League was going to come away empty-handed Thursday night. Such was the reality of a year in which both Yankees captain Aaron Judge and Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh had legitimate statistical and narrative claims to the MVP.

Once again, Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani has been named his league's Most Valuable Player. On Thursday night, Ohtani won National League MVP, beating out fellow finalists Kyle Schwarber ( Philadelphia Phillies) and Juan Soto ( New York Mets ).

The 2025 MLB Most Valuable Player Awards have been handed out, as Shohei Ohtani captured the NL MVP for the second straight season, while Aaron Judge secured it in the AL.

The biggest awards have now been handed out in baseball, and one of them just increased Tarik Skubal’s free agency value. On Wednesday, the Cy Young Awards were announced, and Tarik Skubal (of course) won for the second year in a row, while Paul Skenes of the Pirates won for the NL.

Winning one MVP puts a player among the elite. Winning multiple MVPs places them in a club so exclusive that in nearly a century of voting, only 30 players have ever done it. And with Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge adding to their tallies in 2025,

Shohei Ohtani won his fourth unanimous Most Valuable Player award and second with the Los Angeles Dodgers in back-to-back years. His teammate Freddie Freeman and his wife Chelsea celebrated him with a never-before-seen photo of them together with Ohtani and his wife Mamiko.