In the end, justice prevailed.

After months of debate, the final tally for American League MVP was tight, but this year’s vote only confirmed what we already knew.

There is Aaron Judge , who has won back-to-back trophies and three in four years . . . and then there is everyone else.

Cal Raleigh had a fantastic season in his own right, and the story of Seattle’s switch-hitting catcher, with the colorful nickname “Big Dumper,” leading the Mariners to the AL West title made for a fun ride all the way into October.

But Judge is playing on a higher field, competing against the game’s icons, carving out his place in history on a nightly basis. And it was going to take more than Raleigh, a burly backstop who captured the sport’s imagination, to relegate Judge’s cheat-code performance

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