For most of the 2025 season, Aaron Judge looked untouchable. He was hammering home runs, leading nearly every offensive category, and single-handedly keeping the Yankees in the postseason picture. But this past week,

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said his best player avoided a much worse fate in terms of the injury. The team is optimistic he can return to the lineup as soon as he's eligible to be activated from his IL stint. He'll be eased in as the designated hitter to avoid putting too much strain on his elbow.

New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge and Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh emerged as the leading candidates for the AL MVP award this season.

With Judge’s playing future up in the air, Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is now a -145 AL MVP favorite at FanDuel Sportsbook over the Yankees’ slugger, who dropped to +115. The Bombers’ right fielder will be placed on the injured list and miss at least 10 days, but the team appears to have avoided the worst, according to Boone.

Cal Raleigh is having a generational season for a catcher, but Aaron Judge is still the best hitter in the AL. Can Raleigh win MVP?

The second half of the 2025 MLB season is in full swing. And while the fast-approaching trade deadline is the focal point across the baseball world right now, the AL and NL award races will also start to become more of a talking point.

Just when you thought the two-time MVP couldn't get any better, the Yankees slugger has upped his game by becoming an even more aggressive hitter.

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