Yankees superstar Aaron Judge may have narrowly defeated the Seattle catcher and league home run champ for the award, but Raleigh certainly felt the love after.

Mariners' Cal Raleigh robbed in AL MVP vote, failed to get Joe DiMaggio-esque benefit of the doubt originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. It sounds a bit silly, but the 1941 AL MVP vote could've served as a precedent here.

Los Angeles Dodgers SP/DH Shohei Ohtani never had to deal with a player like Seattle Mariners C Cal Raleigh in the NL MVP race.