In the next phase of a historic American League MVP race, Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Angels led the list of finalists for Major League Baseball's BBWAA Awards, according to balloting results revealed on Monday night.
Calling the seasons put up by Judge and Ohtani historic is almost an understatement.
Judge set a new American League record with 62 homers during a season-long race that captivated the baseball world all summer. He also posted AL-best figures in RBI (131), runs (133), walks (111), on-base percentage (.425) and slugging percentage (.