One cannot overstate how valuable Aaron Judge is to the Yankees. He is the face of the franchise, a national superstar with near-unlimited marketing potential, and a clubhouse leader. We can add one more item to that impressive list of accolades: 2021 team MVP.
Judge played in 148 games, slashing .287/.373/.544 with 39 home runs, 98 RBI, and a 148 wRC+ — leading the team in every one of those offensive categories. He accrued a team-high 5.5 fWAR — good for seventh-most in the AL — while his wRC+ placed him third. He will likely wind up in the top-five in AL MVP voting and proved once again why he’s one of the most dangerous offensive threats in the game.