With just over one week remaining in the 2025 MLB regular season, the AL MVP race between Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh is shaping up to be one of the closest votes in recent history. "Had Judge continued the Bonds-like start he got off to, I might think differently," the AL executive said. The next nine days are going to be huge in deciding the AL MVP. If the Mariners win the AL West and Raleigh gets to 60 homers playing primarily as a catcher, the narrative might be too hard to ignore. The MVP winner in both the AL and NL has been a unanimous vote in each of the previous two years.