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As the winners were announced for the end-of-year MLB awards, there weren’t many surprises regarding who would take home hardware this season. However, the one race everyone speculated about—the American League MVP—finally delivered an answer on Thursday night.
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On this episode of Baseball Bar-B-Cast, Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman discuss the extremely tight race that saw New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge just edge out Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh to earn his third MVP award. While Raleigh had a historic season, doing something no catcher had ever done before by hitting 60 home runs, Aaron Judge’s incredible performance could not be denied.
Later, Jake and Jordan talk about Shohei Ohtani’s unanimous victory in the National League, earning his second consecutive honor in the senior circuit. They then get into the Paul Skenes-to-Yankees report that surfaced, Scott Boras busting out some classic one-liners in his annual GM Meetings press availability and make their picks for The Good, The Bad & The Uggla.
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1:41 — The Opener: Judge wins tight MVP race
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19:27 — Ohtani wins fourth MVP award
35:21 — Paul Skenes–Yankees rumor
49:00 — Scott Boras scoreboard returns
1:05:53 — The Good, The Bad & The Uggla
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