Aaron Judge versus Cal Raleigh: an MVP race that has every fan glued to their T.V. Players have watched their batting stats plummet each year in the PNW… except for Raleigh. That layer of difficulty adds yet another chapter to the Raleigh story, making what he has done that much more impressive. That has been the trial by fire that Raleigh has endured this year, and it makes for one convincing story. Although “story” is not a metric that voters can look at, it is still an important factor that could be the difference between Judge’s third MVP and Raleigh making even more history in 2025.