The AL MVP race is heating up in the dying moments of the regular season. All indications point to it going down to the wire between New York Yankees star and reigning AL MVP Aaron Judge and the best player of an upstart Seattle Mariners team that booked its trip to the playoffs in recent days, catcher Cal Raleigh .

On Wednesday night, both Judge and Raleigh strengthened their respective cases. Judge hit his 51st home run of 2025 in a continuation of years of elite play that has him ranked as the best hitter in the entirety of MLB according to many metrics, while Raleigh's superstar breakout season continued and has now reached historic levels after the Mariners catcher reached 60 home runs on the season in a 9-2 win over the Colorado Rockies.

A few trusted metrics rate Judge's

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