The New York Yankees placed infielder Oswaldo Cabrera on the 10-day injured list after he sustained a gruesome injury in the team’s 11-5 win over the Seattle Mariners Monday night at T-Mobile Park. 

The injury occurred in the top of the ninth inning. The bases were loaded with one out for the Yankees, Cabrera was the runner on third base and Aaron Judge hit a fly ball to right field. 

Cabrera tagged up once the ball was caught and hustled home. 

Cabrera tried to avoid Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh’s tag, and, as Cabrera stopped to try and touch home plate, he slid awkwardly and injured his ankle. 

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The YES broadcast picked up Cabrera audibly distraught on the field as he writhed in pain at home plate. Medical personnel raced out onto the field to tend to Cabrera. 

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Cabrera’s ankle was placed in a brace before he was put on a stretcher and taken into an ambulance on the field, Yankees’ manager Aaron Boone said. 

Judge said after the game that Cabrera asked him if he had scored the run before he was taken off the field.

"So, just kind of shows you what type of guy he is," Judge said. "Something like that happens and the one thing on his mind for all the pain and everything is, ‘Did I score?’

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"He cares for everybody in this room. He loves being a Yankee," Judge said of Cabrera. "He wears his jersey with pride. This is a tough one, especially a guy that’s grinded his whole life and finally got an opportunity to be our everyday guy and been excelling at it."

Cabrera had been getting most of the starts at third base for the Yankees this season. In the past, he's been used as a utility man who could fill in and play all over the diamond.

In 34 games this season, Cabrera has a .243 batting average with one home run and 11 RBIs. During his four-year career, the 26-year-old has a .234 batting average with 34 home runs. 

DJ LeMahieu was activated off the injured list as the corresponding move to replace Cabrera on the roster. 

LeMahieu had been hampered by calf and hip issues throughout spring training and had been on the injured list since the beginning of the season. He will make his season debut this week. 

The Yankees' (24-17) play the Mariners (22-18) at 9:40 p.m. ET Tuesday.

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A New York Yankees fan had the opportunity to go home with an awesome souvenir, but the goodness of his heart got to him.

Before the Bronx Bombers posted a 10-run seventh inning against the San Diego Padres, Aaron Judge struck with another homer, a solo shot, to cut the Yanks' deficit to 2-1 in the bottom of the fourth inning.

A fan snagged the short-porcher in his glove and immediately celebrated with his friends.

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However, as the gang jumped up and down in jubilation, the ball slid out of the fan's glove and rolled along the concrete on top of the right field wall.

A fan next to the group noticed, and used his quick hands to snag it and put it right in his pocket.

It's not known how long the fan had the ball, but someone sitting next to him returned the ball later on.

Unless, the fans pulled off the ultimate ball swap.

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The Yanks scored again in the bottom of the frame, but allowed a run in the top of the seventh amid more bullpen woes.

But, in the bottom half of the seventh, the Yanks went off for their biggest inning in a decade with 10 runs that was capped off by an Austin Wells grand slam. Former Yankee Wandy Peralta was charged with six earned in his two-thirds inning of work.

As for Judge, the solo blast was his 12th of the year, which is now tied for the MLB lead along with Cal Raleigh and Kyle Schwarber.

The reigning MVP also leads the majors with a .412 batting average (the next highest is teammate Paul Goldschmidt's .351), .503 on-base percentage, and .772 slugging percentage. He has reached base in 32 consecutive games.

The Yanks and Padres wrap up their three-game set on Wednesday in the Bronx at 7 p.m. ET.

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The New York Yankees made home run history in their 15-3 rout of the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night. 

They became the first team in MLB history to open a game with three consecutive home runs to begin a game twice in a season. 

Orioles’ Kyle Gibson was greeted rudely by the Yankees’ top of the lineup in his first start of the season. 

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On the second pitch of the game, center fielder Trent Grisham demolished a hanging cutter into the right field seats to put the Yankees up 1-0. It was Grisham’s eighth home run of the season. 

Aaron Judge was up next and wasted no time as he smoked the first pitch he saw, a high fastball that caught a lot of the plate, over the scoreboard in right field for his ninth home run of the season to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead. 

Then, on Gibson’s fifth pitch of the game, designated hitter Ben Rice went yard to make it 3-0. It was the first of two home runs Rice would hit in the game. 

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The home run barrage did not stop after the first three hitters. Gibson recorded the first out of the inning, and then Cody Bellinger drilled a high fastball to make it 4-0 in the first inning, as they hit four home runs in a span of five batters.

"Grish got it going for us and set the tone for us early on," Judge said postgame. "When he goes up there and ... sends one to Eutaw Street, it's pretty impressive and gets you going."

Gibson’s final line ended being 3 2/3 innings with nine runs on 11 hits.  Every Yankees starter recorded a hit in the win. 

Yankees starting pitcher Carlos Rodon's outing was a lot different from Gibson’s as he carried a perfect game into the sixth inning. His final line was 6.0+ innings and gave up two earned runs on two hits while he struck out seven batters. 

The first time the Yankees hit three home runs to begin the game was against the Milwaukee Brewers on March 29. 

The Yankees (18-12) and Orioles (11-18) are set to play the third game of their three-game series on Wednesday at 6:35 p.m. ET. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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For the 40th time in his managerial career, New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected, and the reasoning came one pitch after Aaron Judge appeared to be robbed of a home run by the umpires at George M. Steinbrenner Field on Sunday afternoon. 

The Tampa Bay Rays’ replacement home field, which usually serves as the Yankees’ spring training facility, was part of the problem when Judge roped a ball 111.7 mph off his bat to left field in the top of the eighth inning. It wasn’t a matter of whether it would leave the park; would the ball stay fair?

The umpires called the ball foul, including home plate umpire Adam Beck and third base coach Scott Barry, but it went to a replay review called on by the crew instead of the Yankees. 

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Upon video review, it appeared the ball was fair as it landed in a tree behind the stadium in left field. But when umpires came back with their response, the call on the field stood as a foul ball. 

The Yankees’ dugout couldn’t believe it, and things got worse when Boone disagreed with the next pitch, a slider that Beck believed caught the strike zone to punch out Judge. 

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Boone emerged from the dugout and unloaded on Beck, but he also took the time to yell at Barry. He walked down the third baseline to address the call they both made regarding Judge’s foul ball.

"The audacity of the call standing is remarkable," Boone said, per CBS Sports. "It’s a home run, didn’t go our way, though."

Judge added, "I think everybody is kind of scratching their head, but nothing we can do about it. They missed it, and we just have to move on."

Luckily for the Yankees, it didn’t hurt them in the end. Thanks to a brilliant performance by Max Fried on the mound, the Rays were held to just two hits, while his teammates smashed nine in the 4-0 win to complete the series. New York won three out of four games, with their only loss coming in a blown save situation for Devin Williams on Saturday night in Tampa Bay. 

If Judge’s home run had been ruled fair, he would’ve been tied with Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout and Seattle Mariners’ Cal Raleigh for the second-most in MLB with eight on the year. Oakland Athletics’ Tyler Soderstrom leads MLB with nine so far. 

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New York Yankees two-time MVP slugger Aaron Judge will be Team USA’s captain for the 2026 World Baseball Classic, and he couldn’t be happier to lead the Stars and Stripes against the world’s best talent on the diamond.

Speaking at Yankee Stadium after the announcement, Team USA manager Mark DeRosa said that he asked former captain Mike Trout for permission to name Judge in the role. DeRosa said the Los Angeles Angels superstar responded, "He’s the one."

Judge remembered Trout leading out Team USA in the most recent World Baseball Classic finals, where he waved the American flag while walking out onto the field. 

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The Yankees captain understands the responsibility that he’s been privileged to have, and he made sure to point out all those in the armed forces that allow him to do so. 

"To hear that praise from you, hear the praise from Trouty, it’s something special," Judge said to DeRosa during a press conference at Yankee Stadium. "Getting the chance to represent our country — I said it earlier this morning — just thinking about all the brave men and women who have fought for this country and laid their lives down for us to get a chance to go out here, especially me, go out here and play a game. It’s a pretty humbling experience. 

"Happy to represent the U.S. and happy to be your captain."

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Judge was vocal about his wish to play for Team USA one day, but when the tournament came around in 2023, it was a tough time as he was searching for a free agent contract. Considering what happened to New York Mets closer Edwin Diaz during a celebration with Team Puerto Rico — he tore his Achilles in a freak accident — Judge wasn’t risking any injury. 

Judge received a nine-year, $360 million extension with the Yankees, and the captaincy for the franchise to boot. But with the new deal, Judge thought it smart to sit out.

But Judge, who won his second MVP this past season, knew the tournament would come around again in 2026. And DeRose immediately thought of Judge when he was named manager. 

"I wanted him to be the captain," DeRosa told reporters. "I felt like he’s deserving of it. I watched Mike Trout walk out against Japan holding the flag; I want [Judge] to be that guy."

Yankees manager Aaron Boone added: "In a lot of ways, he’s certainly one of the face of baseball. Such a magnetic personality that people gravitate to, that people around the game love and respect. I think he’ll be great."

While Judge is aboard as Team USA’s captain, the surrounding roster won’t be finalized until next year. In 2023, it came out in early February. 

However, Judge’s presence should lead other great players from the U.S. to voice their wish to be considered by DeRosa to make the team. 

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Aaron Judge continued his scalding start to the season during the New York Yankees' 9-4 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park Friday.

Judge, 32, marked his 1,000th game by hitting his sixth home run of the season in the seventh inning off relief pitcher Tim Mayza to make the score 9-1. 

Judge’s seventh-inning blast was the 321st of his career, matching Babe Ruth's total in his first 1,000 games with the Yankees. 

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The Yankees captain has won the AL MVP two of the last three seasons and picked up right he left off to start the 2025 campaign. Last season, Judge hit .322 with 58 home runs and 144 RBIs. 

Through seven games this season, Judge has a .379 batting average with six home runs and 17 RBIs. 

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Judge has hit more home runs than the Tampa Bay Rays, Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Miami Marlins, Toronto Blue Jays and Minnesota Twins so far this season. 

Judge wasn’t the only Yankees hitter who had a strong game against the Pirates. Third baseman Oswaldo Cabrera was 3-for-4 with 4 RBIs. Shortstop Anthony Volpe had three hits in the win.

Max Fried collected his first win of the season and his first win with the Yankees after pitching 5⅔ innings and giving up just one run on six hits while striking out six batters. Fried signed the most lucrative contract for a left-handed pitcher in MLB history with the Yankees in the offseason, an eight-year, $218 million deal. 

Judge and the Yankees (5-2) take on the Pirates (2-6) in the second game of a three-game series Saturday at 4:05 p.m. ET. Marcus Stroman will start for the Yankees, and Bailey Falter will take the mound for the Pirates. 

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The New York Yankees’ offense broke out on Saturday as the team hit nine home runs in a 20-9 clobbering of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Aaron Judge hit three home runs and nearly had a fourth as the Brewers needed to put Jake Bauers on the mound. Judge, Paul Goldschmidt and Cody Bellinger started the game with three consecutive dingers off of Brewers starter Nestor Cortes. 

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Austin Wells, Anthony Volpe, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Oswald Peraza also contributed.

The reason for the Yankees’ onslaught of home runs? It’s gotta be the bats.

Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay noted during the broadcast that the team used different bats. He specifically pointed out Chisholm’s bat, which appeared to have a big barrel and a skinnier handle.

"The Yankee front office, the analytics department, did a study on Anthony Volpe and every single ball he seemed like he hit on the label. He didn’t hit any on the barrel," Kay explained. "So, they had bats made up where they moved a lot of the wood into the label so the harder part of the bat is actually going to strike the ball."

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A league spokesman told The Athletic the bats are legal.

Former Yankees infielder Kevin Smith gave an insider’s explanation about the bat.

"Yes, the Yankees have a literal genius MIT Physicist, Lenny (who is the man), on payroll," he wrote on X. "He invented the ‘Torpedo’ barrel. It brings more wood – and mass – to where you most often make contact as a hitter. The idea is to increase the number of ‘barrels’ and decrease misses.

"The MLB has rules on bats like what the weight drop can be, what the density of the wood can be and how big the barrel can be. Most guys are using bats that aren’t even close to maxing out the barrel size. When Lenny measured my barrel compared to what’s ‘allowed’ I was shocked."

The proof was in the pudding, or the homers, on Saturday.

MLB said the Goldschmidt-Bellinger-Judge homers were the first time a team homered on the first three pitches of a game since tracking of pitch counts began in 1988.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Aaron Judge clubbed three of the New York Yankees' nine home runs in their 20-9 demolition of the Milwaukee Brewers Saturday at Yankee Stadium. 

The nine home runs are a Yankees franchise record.

The first of Judge’s home runs came in the first inning, when the Yankees led off the bottom of the first with three home runs on three consecutive pitches. 

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The Yankees’ Paul Goldschmidt led the home run barrage when he deposited Brewers starting pitcher Nestor Cortes' first pitch into the left-center field bullpen. Center fielder Cody Bellinger followed Goldschmidt’s home run with his own towering blast into the right-center field bleachers. 

With the Yankees up 2-0 and the fans ecstatic with the back-to-back home runs, Judge kept them on their feet with a 468-foot blast to left field. 

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The three consecutive home runs on three consecutive pitches marked the first time in Yankees’ history that the team led off a game with three straight home runs. It was the first time that any team had hit a home run on three straight pitches since 2000, according to MLB Stats. 

But the Yankees weren’t done. Catcher Austin Wells hit an opposite-field home run just over the left-field wall to make it 4-0 in the first inning. It was the first time in team history the Yankees hit four home runs in the first inning of a game.

Shortstop Anthony Volpe joined the fun in the second inning with a three-run home run to make it 7-3. With Volpe's second-inning home run, it was the first time in Yankees history the team hit five home runs in the first two innings of a game. 

Judge’s second home run was a grand slam in the third inning to make it 12-3. Jazz Chisholm Jr. followed Judge’s slam with a solo home run of his own to make it 13-3 and bring the Yankees' home run total to six in three innings. 

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In the fourth inning, Judge hit a two-run home run to make it 16-4. It was the third time in Judge’s career he had hit three home runs in a game. 

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Judge nearly hit his fourth home run. He laced a line drive that went off the top of the wall in right field, and he had to settle for an RBI double instead, which made it 18-6. 

Oswald Peraza hit a solo home run in the bottom of the seventh inning, the team’s ninth home run on the day, to make it 20-6.

Judge had one more chance to hit his MLB record-tying fourth home run in a game in the eighth inning off of Jake Bauers. Bauers, an outfielder, went to the mound because the Brewers were trying to preserve their bullpen. 

Judge hit a line drive to the left fielder off Bauers, falling just short of more history. Judge's final line was 4-6, with three home runs, a double and a career-high eight RBIs.

Cortes took the loss for the Brewers after strugging over two innings of work. He gave up eight earned runs on six hits and five walks against his former team. 

Max Fried made his Yankees debut, pitched 4⅔ innings and gave up six runs, two of which were earned. 

With the dominant win, the Yankees start the season 2-0 and will look to complete the sweep over the Brewers Sunday at 1:35 p.m. ET.

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Just because the New York Yankees are allowing their players to rock beards for the first time in nearly 50 years, it doesn't mean everyone is going to.

Captain Aaron Judge told reporters on Saturday that despite the policy getting a makeover, he answered "No" when asked if he would grow some facial hair.

"I got drafted by this organization, so the very first day I was here, I’ve been shaving since 2013," Judge said. "This is what I know, this is what I’m used to. I look around the building, look at old photos of the past legends and people that played here, they all followed that rule, so I just tried to follow on their path."

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However, he is all for the change, echoing the same sentiments team owner Hal Steinbrenner did - Steinbrenner, who lifted the rule that his dad, George, implemented in 1976, hinted that he was afraid that players would not come to the Yankees in the future because of the rule. Note that Vladimir Guerrero Jr., MLB's next big free agent, has had a beard a majority of his career. 

"I really didn’t think it was that big of a deal until it got brought up the past couple weeks. I think the rule will be good. I think it’ll help a lot of guys. If it gets us a couple more players that’ll help us win games, everybody will be on board for that," Judge continued.

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Steinbrenner told reporters Friday, "If I ever found out that a player we wanted to acquire to make us better, to get us a championship, did not want to be here, and if he had the ability, would not come here, because of that policy … that would be very, very concerning."

Yankees Hall of Famers CC Sabathia and Derek Jeter have both grown beards since retiring. Players often grow facial hair when leaving the Yankees or during the offseason.

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New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge thinks the Yankees have a better chance of winning the World Series than their crosstown rivals, the New York Mets. 

Judge, 32, was asked about his former teammate, Juan Soto, and Soto’s apparent conclusion that he had a better chance to win with the Mets than the Yankees. 

"That's his opinion. He can say what he wants. I definitely disagree with him. I wasn't too surprised by it, I think that's where he wanted to be," Judge said to reporters on Monday during a press conference. 

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Soto signed a record-breaking 15-year, $765 million contract with the Mets this offseason. If Soto opts out after the fifth year of his contract, the Mets can void it by making the total value of the contract $805 million. 

"The Mets are a great organization and what they have done in the past couple of year showing the ability to keep winning, to keep growing a team, to try and grow a dynasty, is one of the most important things," Soto said when asked why he chose to sign with the Mets in free agency.

Soto’s deal is the richest contract in the history of professional sports, and Judge said Monday he is happy for his former teammate.

"I think that’s where is best for him and his family. He got a pretty nice deal over there, you can’t say no that. But I’m happy for him, he got a good deal. He’s going to be in a great spot. It’s going to be great having him in town. We are going to be battling back and forth for quite a few years. I’m definitely happy for him," Judge said. 

Judge and Soto were the big leagues' best duo last season. 

Judge won the American League MVP after clubbing a league high 58 home runs and driving in the most runs in baseball (144) while maintaining a sparkling .322 batting average.

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Soto finished third in the AL MVP race, as he had the best season of his career while hitting in front of Judge. 

Soto hit a career high 41 home runs and hit .288, while getting on base at a .419 clip. 

Judge knows it is impossible to replace Soto, but he likes what the Yankees have done to make up for his loss. 

"Soto is one-of-a-kind man, he’s a special player. Excited for him and his new chapter with the Mets, but we added a lot of new pieces here, starting with (Cody) Bellinger and (Paul) Goldschmidt. Two guys that are former MVP’s, guys that are still wanting to improve, still want to get better," Judge said. 

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"They are going to add such a different dynamic to this team. It really lengthens our whole lineup when you have those guys batting in the middle of your order a lot of good things are going to happen. You can't replace a guy like Juan Soto, but you bring in guys like this that are All Star, MVP caliber players."

The Yankees acquired Bellinger in a trade with the Chicago Cubs and signed Goldschmidt to a one-year deal in free agency. 

Bellinger won the 2019 NL MVP with the Los Angeles Dodgers and has spent the last two seasons with the Cubs.

Bellinger hit .266 and hit 18 home runs with the Cubs last season, and he plays a strong centerfield. 

Goldschmidt won the NL MVP in 2022 but struggled last season as he got off a slow start before bouncing back. He hit .245 with 22 home runs in 154 games last season. 

Those two will be tasked with replacing the hole Soto left in the Yankees lineup, as they try to make it back to the World Series after losing to the Dodgers in five games. 

Soto will be relied upon to anchor the Mets lineup alongside Francisco Lindor, as the Mets have World Series aspirations after a surprise run to the NLCS last season. 

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To nobody’s surprise, Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani were named the AL and NL MVPs Thursday, each receiving all 30 first-place votes.

He may not have broken his single-season home run record he set during his 2022 MVP season, but the New York Yankees captain was once again dominant at the plate to receive his second career nod as the MVP in the American League.

Judge beat out Juan Soto, who he hopes to play with again in 2025 in pinstripes, and Kansas City Royals phenom Bobby Witt Jr., who received all 30 second-place votes.

Judge led the league in homers for the third time in his career, launching 58 long balls while posting league highs in WAR (10.8), RBIs (144), slugging percentage (.701), on-base percentage (.458) and OPS+ (223).

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While Soto’s production helped the Yankees reach the World Series alongside Judge, Witt owned the league’s best batting average at .332, while hitting 32 homers with 109 RBIs. Soto had 41 homers and 109 RBIs.

Judge’s postseason production was much different, but this is a regular-season award.

The slugger had trouble finding a rhythm despite the Yankees reaching the World Series. He slashed .184/.344/.408 with three homers and nine RBIs over 14 games.

Ohtani inked a record-shattering $700 million deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the offseason and underwent elbow surgery prior to the start of the 2024 campaign, forcing him off the mound the entire season. At the start of the season, he found himself in a gambling scandal in which millions had been smuggled from him by his interpreter to pay off betting debts. It was eventually determined Ohtani did not know about the gambling, nor did he bet himself.

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Fans wondered if he would be able to have an MVP-type season strictly as a DH. 

The Dodgers superstar became the first player in MLB history to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in the same season. The home run ball that made history sold for a record $4.39 million. His 134 runs scored and 411 total bases were the most in the majors, and he led the National League in home runs (54), RBIs (130), on-base percentage (.390), slugging percentage (646) and a 9.2 bWAR. 

His .310 average in the NL was second behind only Luis Arráez's .314, and his 59 stolen bases trailed only Elly De La Cruz, who swiped five more bags.

Ohtani won the AL MVP in 2021 and 2023 as a member of the crosstown Angels while finishing second to Judge in 2022. The Yankees outfielder hit 62 home runs that season, setting a new American League record. Francisco Lindor and Ketel Marte finished in second and third, respectively.

Ohtani becomes the 12th player to win the MVP Award three times.

Safe to say the contract is off to a nice start.

Judge and Ohtani faced off in the World Series, and Ohtani came away with his first World Series title. It was the first time two eventual MVPs faced off in a World Series since 2012, when Buster Posey’s Giants defeated Miguel Cabrera and the Tigers.

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