{"id":281594,"date":"2025-11-14T01:51:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T01:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/281594\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T01:51:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T01:51:07","slug":"ohtani-nl-wins-fourth-mvp-honour-as-judge-edges-raleigh-for-third-al-accolade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/281594\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohtani (NL) wins fourth MVP honour as Judge edges Raleigh for third AL accolade"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani celebrates his home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during the seventh inning in Game 3 of baseball’s World Series in Los Angeles.Brynn Anderson\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n

Two-way star Shohei Ohtani won his fourth MVP award in a unanimous vote for the National League honour on Thursday and Aaron Judge earned the American League accolade for the third time.<\/p>\n

Ohtani won a MVP for the third straight year, his second in the NL with the Los Angeles Dodgers after two in the AL with the Los Angeles Angels. All four have been unanimous.<\/p>\n

Judge became the New York Yankees\u2019 fourth three-time winner, edging Seattle\u2019s Cal Raleigh with 17 first-place votes to 13 for the switch-hitting catcher. The vote was the closest for an MVP since the Angels\u2019 Mike Trout topped Houston\u2019s Alex Bregman by 17-13 in 2019.<\/p>\n

Ohtani became just the second player to win at least four MVP awards, trailing only seven by Barry Bonds.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old Ohtani is the first to win in each league twice after getting the AL honour in 2021 and 2023. He signed with the crosstown Dodgers the following off-season and won NL MVP in 2024 during his first season in Chavez Ravine. He\u2019s also won the World Series in both his seasons with the Dodgers.<\/p>\n

Ohtani won all four of his MVPs in unanimous fashion with all 30 first-place votes.<\/p>\n

Guardians’ Vogt named AL manager of the year, with Blue Jays’ Schneider placing second in voting<\/a><\/p>\n

Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber finished second with 23 second-place votes while New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto was third with four.<\/p>\n

Ohtani hit .282 and led the NL with a 1.014 OPS. He also had 55 homers, 102 RBIs and 20 stolen bases.<\/p>\n

The right-hander returned to pitching in June after missing 1 1\/2 seasons on the mound because of an elbow injury. He struck out 62 batters over 47 innings, slowly increasing his workload while preparing for the postseason.<\/p>\n

Ohtani continued to shine in October with arguably the greatest single game in MLB history. He hit three homers at the plate while striking out 10 over six dominant innings on Oct. 17, leading the Dodgers over the Milwaukee Brewers to finish an NL Championship Series sweep.<\/p>\n

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New York Yankee Aaron Judge is congratulated after hitting a two-run homer during the seventh inning of a game against the Athletics on Sunday, June 29, 2025, in New York.Adam Hunger\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n

Schwarber \u2014 who earned a US$50,000 bonus for finishing second \u2014 was a finalist for the Phillies after hitting an NL-best 56 homers and leading the big leagues with 132 RBIs. The three-time all-star played in all 162 games, anchoring a lineup that won 96 games.<\/p>\n

Soto overcame a slow start to the season to have his typically stellar offensive output. The four-time all-star \u2014 who signed a US$765-million, 15-year deal last December \u2014 had 43 homers, 105 RBIs and an NL-best 38 stolen bases. He received a US$150,000 bouns for finishing third in the MVP voting.<\/p>\n

Judge, who won the AL award in 2022 and 2024, joined Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle as three-time MVPs with the Yankees. The 33-year-old outfielder led the majors with a .331 batting average and 1.144 OPS while hitting 53 homers.<\/p>\n

The prior winner of back-to-back AL MVPs was Detroit\u2019s Miguel Cabrera in 2012 and 2013.<\/p>\n

Raleigh led the big leagues with 60 homers, the most for a player primarily a catcher. He started 119 games behind the plate and another 38 at designated hitter.<\/p>\n

The 28-year-old also had a career-high 125 RBIs, leading the Mariners to one of their best seasons in franchise history.<\/p>\n

Cleveland\u2019s Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00edrez finished third.<\/p>\n

Arizona\u2019s Geraldo Perdomo finished fourth in the NL voting, earning him US$2.5-million annual salary increases in 2028 and 2029 along with the price of Arizona\u2019s 2030 club option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani celebrates his home run against the Toronto Blue…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,462,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,82,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-281594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-mlb","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}