At the end of May, Aaron Judge was already the 2025 American League MVP. No ifs, ands, or buts about it, the Yankees superstar was slashing .398/.490/.778 with an OPS of 1.268. He led the Majors with a 233 wRC+, he was second in the Majors with 18 home runs while his BABIP was a ridiculous .467. Judge was in a league of his own through the first two months, while the Yankees were leading the AL East by seven games over the Rays, and had a run differential in the +100's.
But an interesting thing happened at the end of May.