Anthony Castrovince reports on the back-to-back MVP wins for Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani. Mike McDaniel and Tom Dierberger look at just how close Cal Raleigh got to getting the AL MVP nod this year. Some AL MVP voters explain their decisions for either Judge or Raleigh. ( The Athletic subscription required .)

Maybe Judge can win two more MVPs to take a 5-0 lead on Jeter. It would be fitting, since Jeter leads 5-0 in World Series championships.

For the second straight season, New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge has been named the American League's Most Valuable Player. Judge beat out Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh and Cleveland Guardians third baseman José Ramírez for the award, the BBWAA announced Thursday night.

The Bronx was roaring on the evening of Oct. 7, but Aaron Judge remembers hearing nothing. Some 40,000 pairs of eyes tracked a baseball on its collision course with the left-field foul pole, then came the clang against steel – fair ball,