{"id":109465,"date":"2025-11-13T21:33:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T02:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=109465"},"modified":"2025-11-13T21:33:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T02:33:59","slug":"shohei-ohtani-aaron-judge-win-mlb-mvp-awards-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/11\/13\/shohei-ohtani-aaron-judge-win-mlb-mvp-awards-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohtani and Judge are MLB&#8217;s Most Valuable Players in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In one of the most exciting seasons in MLB history, two of its foremost players, \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/ohtansh01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-13_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shohei Ohtani<\/a> of the Los Angeles Dodgers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/judgeaa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-13_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaron Judge<\/a> of the New York Yankees, took home their respective leagues&#8217; MVP awards for the second year in a row. In doing so, their excellence on the diamond has been appropriately recognized and rewarded.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102748\" style=\"width: 951px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-102748\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26510683_168400885_lowres-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Shohei Ohtani will remain in his current role as a starting pitcher in the NLDS and will not come out of the bullpen.\" width=\"951\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26510683_168400885_lowres-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26510683_168400885_lowres-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26510683_168400885_lowres-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26510683_168400885_lowres-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26510683_168400885_lowres-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26510683_168400885_lowres-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/06\/USATSI_26510683_168400885_lowres-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 951px) 100vw, 951px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jun 22, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers two\u2011way player Shohei Ohtani (17) pitches the ball during the second inning against the Washington Nationals at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge Win 2025 NL, AL MVP Awards<\/h2>\n<h3>History Repeats Itself<\/h3>\n<p>This is the third straight MVP award for Shohei Ohtani and his fourth by unanimous vote. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/11\/21\/shohei-ohtani-aaron-judge-2024-mvps\/\" target=\"_self\">In 2024,<\/a> he enjoyed <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/09\/19\/dodgers-shohei-ohtani-first-ever-50-50-season\/\" target=\"_self\">the first 50\/50 season<\/a>\u00a0in baseball history. For an encore, the baseball unicorn reprised his role as a two-way player. Ohtani compiled a 2.87 ERA in major league competition while rehabbing from elbow surgery. He also hit 55 homers. His two-way play earned him the same honors in 2021 and 2023, when he played for the Los Angeles Angels. He is the first Dodgers player to win back-to-back MVP awards in franchise history, and the second Dodger to win it multiple times since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/camparo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-13_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roy Campanella<\/a> did it in 1951, 1953, and 1955.<\/p>\n<p>Ohtani also joins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bondsba01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-13_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barry Bonds<\/a> as the only two players in history to win the Most Valuable Player Award four times.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The legend continues!<\/p>\n<p>Shohei Ohtani is the NL MVP for the second straight season! <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aVC7HqxENQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/aVC7HqxENQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1989127097386934314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>All Rise!<\/h3>\n<p>This is the third MVP award for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/07\/28\/yankees-offense-adjust-aaron-judge\/\" target=\"_self\">lanky Yankee outfielder<\/a> and the second in as many seasons. Judge also won the American League batting title with an average of .331. His 53 homers are the most by any player to also win a batting title. He also became just the third player in major league history to hit at least 50 home runs and win the batting title. He joins Hall of Fame inductees <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mantlmi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-13_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mickey Mantle<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/foxxji01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-11-13_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jimmie Foxx<\/a> in such a feat.<\/p>\n<p>If those accolades aren&#8217;t enough, the Yankee great also led the American League in OPS (1,114), extra-base hits (85), runs (137), and in WAR (10.1).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Aaron Judge is MVP again!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s back-to-back AL MVPs for The Captain! <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HzqA96V6Ni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/HzqA96V6Ni<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1989134772204105739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>The Gold Standard<\/h3>\n<p>Whatever the future holds for Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge, their contributions have been cemented in back-to-back seasons and in history for future generations to consider and appreciate for generations to come. Eventually, they will both be enshrined in Cooperstown forever.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In one of the most exciting seasons in MLB history, two of its foremost players, \u00a0Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees, took home their respective leagues&#8217; MVP awards for the second year in a row. In doing so, their excellence on the diamond has been appropriately [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5226,"featured_media":102700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1071,33,5,35],"tags":[501,70,5231,1676,3540,2178],"class_list":["post-109465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-dodgers","category-yankees","category-news","tag-aaron-judge","tag-barry-bonds","tag-jimmie-foxx","tag-mickey-mantle","tag-roy-campanella","tag-shohei-ohtani"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109465"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109477,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109465\/revisions\/109477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}