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Cal Raleigh Tops Aaron Judge in Close Vote for Baseball Digest’s Player of the Year
Raleigh set MLB records for home runs by a catcher and switch-hitter, leading the American League with 125 RBIs and earning 12 of 24 first-place votes.
- On Friday, Cal Raleigh was selected the Baseball Digest/Inside Edge MLB Player of the Year, edging Aaron Judge with 56 points to 53.
- Power numbers — including 60 home runs — drove Cal Raleigh, switch-hitting catcher for the Seattle Mariners, who led MLB in homers and topped the AL with 125 RBIs, batting.247 with a.948 OPS.
- A 24-member blue-ribbon panel cast independently submitted ballots, and Cal Raleigh received 12 first-place votes, eight second-place votes and four third-place votes while Aaron Judge had eight first-place, 13 second-place and three third-place votes.
- With the Baseball Digest honor decided, attention shifts to next month's AL MVP vote where Cal Raleigh and Aaron Judge are expected to finish first and second, and Raleigh's season helped power the Seattle Mariners to the AL West title.
- This marks Baseball Digest's 57th MLB Player of the Year Award , and Cal Raleigh is the second Seattle Mariners player to win, joining Alex Rodriguez .
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Raleigh, Skenes, Chapman honored by Baseball Digest
Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners has been selected the 2025 Baseball Digest/Inside Edge MLB Player of the Year. Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates has been named MLB Pitcher of the Year while Aroldis Chapman of the Boston Red Sox has been voted MLB Relief Pitcher of the Year.
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right3Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution37% Left, 36% Center
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- 37% of the sources lean Left, 36% of the sources are Center
37% Left
L 37%
C 36%
R 27%
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