New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge is somehow having an even better season in 2025 than he did in 2024, when he won the American League MVP. Right now, Judge looks like the favorite to win the award again.
He has helped the Yankees to a 21-16 record in the 2025 season. They lead the American League East division. However, the story in the American League so far, other than Judge, is the Detroit Tigers’ being in first place in the league with a 25-13 record. Detroit has one of the best pitching staffs in all of baseball. Can someone on the Tigers roster dethrone Judge for MVP instead?
MLB Insider’s Bold Prediction For Detroit Tigers Player To Win MVP, Not Aaron Judge
MLB.com posted an article about six bold predictions for the rest of the 2025 MLB season. One of the bold predictions feels like an absolute stretch. Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com made a bold prediction that outfielder Riley Greene of the Detroit Tigers will win the American League MVP over Judge.
Castrovince said, “Regardless, last winter, in my annual way-too-early award picks (in which I generally try to stray from repeat winners like Judge), I went with Greene, the Tigers outfielder, which means I am contractually bound to that pick, for better or worse (please disregard that my NL Cy Young pick is already done for the year).
“Judge is completely lapping the field right now, but that was also the case around 2023, before he dealt with a midseason foot injury that derailed his season. So stranger things have happened.”
“Anyway, if nothing else, here’s an opportunity to pump up the 24-year-old Greene, who rebounded from a sluggish start to post Player of the Week production last week. The improved swing decisions he showed last year have not totally carried over to this year, but he shook off a dreadful slump at the start of the season and is back to being the best everyday player on a Tigers team that truly looks ready to roar.”
So far in 2025, Judge has played in 37 games. He’s hitting .400 with 12 home runs and 34 RBIs. He also has three stolen bases. His on-base percentage is .491. He currently leads MLB in home runs, RBIs, batting average, OBP, slugging percentage, and OPS. It’s not even close.
Greene has solid numbers for the Tigers. He’s played in 36 games with a .259 batting average, eight home runs, and 21 RBIs. But he hasn’t stolen a base, and his OBP is only .312. That’s a nice season, but it’s not MVP-level compared to what Judge is doing.
Honestly, if anyone is going to challenge Judge for MVP, it’s probably Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., not Greene.
It’s too early to predict anything…
I’m a Tigers fan and this is SHAMELESS clickbait man. Delete this slop.
So ridiculous that this HAS to be a click bait worthless article. Trash publication
Hey Glenn, is this really an article worth churning out? I get you’ve got to hit your metrics, but are we seriously writing about an intentionally “out there” pick from another writer, who openly admits he doesn’t believe in it, and just filling word count with copy-and-pasted nonsense?