Verdict is in: Judge is MVP

 

            Was it ever a debate? Aaron Judge has won his 1st MVP award after beating out Shohei Ohtani for the prestigious award handed out by the BBWAA. Congratulations to Aaron Judge!

            Judge had a season for the ages, leading the MLB in almost every category possible besides batting average. He was just a couple of average points shy of the AL triple crown and shattered records during the process.

            Although it wasn't the outcome that Judge and the Yankees were hoping for in the end, without Judge on this Yankees team, the team would be absolutely lost. Judge literally put the team on his back during the second half of the season and without him they probably wouldn't have won the division or even made the playoffs.

            That is the main reason why I believe he beat out Ohtani by such a wide margin for the MVP because of the team success. You can't win MVP when your team didn't have a winning record since early June and your team also didn't come close to even making the playoffs. Sure he's a generational talent and one of the best players I've seen, but Judge had a much bigger impact on his team's success than Ohtani did. 

            Judge took it like a real professional this entire season and throughout the process of accepting his award by thanking his teammates and coaches in almost every sentence he could make out. To me, I have never seen a more unselfish guy when talking about his team and what they do for him. He is always looking to praise his teammates and coaches for the success they bring him and he would not be where he is without them.

            Judge's season consisted of breaking Roger Maris's AL record of 61 home runs by smashing 62 on the campaign. To me and to others as well, he is the home run king because he did it clean unlike Sammy Sosa, Mark McGuire, and Barry Bonds who slashed more homers in a season, but while on PEDs. 

            The entire season that Judge put together was absolutely magical and I stand by my word that it was the greatest season by a player that I have ever witnessed. To slash 62 home runs, have a well over .300 average, and put your team on your back for the whole season is pretty magical and that is why he is the MVP. Now all Hal Steinbrenner has to do is pay the man and put him in pinstripes for life.