For the second straight season, New York Yankees captain Aaron Decide has been named the American League’s Most Worthwhile Participant. Decide beat out Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh and Cleveland Guardians third baseman José Ramírez for the award, the BBWAA introduced Thursday evening.
Because the voting outcomes present, it was an in depth race between Decide and Raleigh:
| Participant | 1st | 2nd | third | 4th | fifth | sixth | seventh | eighth | ninth | tenth | Factors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Decide, Yankees | 17 | 13 | 355 | ||||||||
| Cal Raleigh, Mariners | 13 | 17 | 335 | ||||||||
| José Ramírez, Guardians | 19 | 6 | 5 | 224 | |||||||
| Bobby Witt Jr., Royals | 9 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 215 | ||||||
| Tarik Skubal, Tigers | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 139 | ||||
| Julio Rodríguez, Mariners | 1 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 136 | ||||
| George Springer, Blue Jays | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 125 | ||||
| Garrett Crochet, Purple Sox | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 74 | ||||
| Junior Caminero, Rays | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 37 | ||||
| Jeremy Peña, Astros | 4 | 7 | 6 | 32 | |||||||
| Byron Buxton, Twins | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 30 | ||||||
| Nick Kurtz, Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 29 | |||||
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | |||||||
| Cody Bellinger, Yankees | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Maikel Garcia, Royals | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| Bo Bichette, Blue Jays | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Riley Greene, Tigers | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Aroldis Chapman, Purple Sox | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Yandy Díaz, Rays | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Jacob Wilson, Athletics | 1 | 1 |
That is Decide’s second straight MVP and the third of his profession (he additionally gained in 2022). He’s the thirteenth participant with three MVPs. Solely Barry Bonds (seven) and Shohei Ohtani (4), who gained this 12 months’s Nationwide League MVP, have extra. Decide is the fourth Yankee with three MVPs, becoming a member of Corridor of Famers Joe DiMaggio (1939, 1941, 1947), Yogi Berra (1951, 1954-55), and Mickey Mantle (1956-57, 1962).
He joins Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers famous person who gained Nationwide League MVP.
Decide slashed .331/.457/.688 this season and led baseball in batting common by 20 factors, on-base proportion by 58 factors, and slugging proportion by 66 factors. His 53 residence runs had been second within the AL behind Raleigh’s 60. Decide’s 9.7 WAR was 1.7 wins higher than the following finest participant, per Baseball Reference’s calculations.
Raleigh had a historic season and actually is the primary participant apart from Decide and Ohtani to obtain a first-place AL MVP vote since José Abreu gained the award in 2020. His 60 residence runs are a brand new single-season report for a catcher, for a switch-hitter, and for a Seattle Mariner. Raleigh is one among solely seven gamers with a 60-homer season.
All informed, Raleigh hit .247/.359/.589 and led the AL with 125 RBI, and likewise in video games began at catcher (119) and innings caught (1,072). FanGraphs WAR, which incorporates catcher framing, pegs Raleigh as a 9.1 WAR participant in 2025. That’s third amongst all gamers behind Decide (10.1) and Ohtani (9.4). In nearly another 12 months, Raleigh wins AL MVP with ease.
Ramírez has completed within the prime 5 of the MVP voting six occasions now, although he has but to win the award. He had one other great season, hitting .283/.360/.503 with 30 residence runs and 44 stolen bases. It was Ramírez’s second straight and third profession 30-30 season. His 5.8 WAR was sixth amongst AL place gamers.
Voting for the BBWAA’s awards (Rookie of the Yr, Supervisor of the Yr, Cy Younger, MVP) takes place earlier than the postseason. They’re regular-season awards.
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