SEATTLE -- In a final heartbreaking bookend to the Mariners’ 2025 season, Cal Raleigh will not go down as the American League MVP.

Seattle’s all-world catcher finished runner-up to Yankees star Aaron Judge for the AL’s top individual honor in what was, expectedly, one of the most closely contested votes for an award from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America in recent memory.

Among the 30 total votes cast by BBWAA members across the country -- two apiece in each AL city -- Raleigh earned 13 first-place votes, while Judge earned 17. That margin of four proved to be the difference, as each was listed as first or second on every ballot, with Raleigh earning the 17 second-place votes on those who voted for Judge, while Judge earned the 13 second-place votes on those who voted for Ra

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