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Mariners' Cal Raleigh wins top MLB honor voted on by the players, beating out Aaron Judge

Cal Raleigh will still have to wait a little while to know whether he is the American League MVP.

But the Seattle Mariners ' superstar catcher can be assured he has the respect of his peers.

On Friday, Raleigh was named The Sporting News' MLB Player of the Year . It's an award voted on by the players themselves.

The voting, which included 312 player votes, broke down like this:

Cal Raleigh 46%

Aaron Judge 27%

Shohei Ohtani 11%

Given that this wasn't just for the AL and was for the entire sport, it's that much more impressive, because Raleigh had to beat out not just Yankees slugger Aaron Judge but also Dodgers two-way great Shohei Ohtani .

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