After a historic season, Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees won the American League MVP award Thursday night.
From June to October almost every time he came to the plate, Aaron Judge heard the chants; ‘MVP, MVP, MVP.’ Thursday night, that became a reality. Judge’s remarkable 2022 season was capped with baseball’s highest award Thursday night. The 30-year-old free agent outfielder who led the Yankees this season was tabbed the American League Most Valuable Player by voting members of the Baseball Writers of American Association.
FILE - New York Yankees' Aaron Judge gestures as he runs the bases after hitting a solo home run, his 62nd of the season, during the first inning in the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. With the home run, Judge set the AL record for home runs in a season, passing Roger Maris. Judge won the American League MVP Award on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in voting by a Baseball Writers' Association of America panel.
Ohtani finished with a 9.6 Wins Above Replacement according to Baseball Reference, a statistic developed to eliminate the factors that contribute to the voting, like that the Angels were effectively out of the playoff race by May, while Judge was playing meaningful games into late September. His WAR was 9.5 according to FanGraphs. Judge finished with an 11.6 WAR according to Baseball Reference and a 10.6 on FanGraphs.
Both facts will contribute to what will likely be a contract that will be north of $300 million. Judge turned down a seven-year, $213.5 million extension offer before his self-imposed negotiation deadline on Opening Day.“You kind of have a chip on your shoulder going into the season, but once the season started it was time to go to work,” Judge said Thursday night on the MLB Network.
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