Despite his agreed-upon best-in-the-game pedigree, New York Yankees Aaron Judge had a surprising amount to prove entering the 2025 season. He was coming off another Bondsian regular season campaign with a Mike Trout ending (an empty October). It's reductive, sure, but it's also the fault of his own accomplishments. With every bout of undeniable Judge Greatness during the 162-game schedule, his postseason struggles loomed larger and larger, with 2024 serving as the unfortunate denoument. The strikeouts in Cleveland. The home run against Emmanuel Clase that went for nought. The dropped fly ball. The worst people in the world had plenty of opportunities to deny Judge's otherworldly talents, and they took advantage of every single one of them.
Yankees' Aaron Judge defeats Cal Raleigh, voter fatigue in razor-thin AL MVP victory
