The time for the big reveal is nearing. Debates are on, and fans have taken sides. Everybody is just waiting to hear who is going to be the AL MVP of the year, though they do want their favorite player to win. The race is between the Yankees record breaker Aaron Judge and two-way Angels star Shohei Ohtani. And now, New York Yankees manager, Aaron Boone, came in on the debate and settled it once and for all. 

Home of the 27 times world series champions, Yes Network, called the manager of the team to ask him his views on the current debate going on. Being the manager, he can be considered biased, but he looked at the stats and then made a decision over AL MVP 2022.

What does Aaron Boone think about the debate going on?

When the interviewer asked Boone why it is even a debate when the winner is clearly BAJ, he replied by saying that he just doesn’t know.

“When I look at what Aaron Judge is doing this year,…he has 1100 OPS, everyone else has… Goldschmidt is probably within 100 of that, but everyone else is below 900. He is stealing bases,.. is playing centerfield. He has big hit after big hit. I mean, he is everything an MVP would ever be. So it’s hard for me to envision him not winning the award,” Boone said.

As said before, Boone can be considered biased as he is the manager of the Yankees. But, he is looking at the statistics, and they plainly show who the MVP should be.

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Boone considers Ohtani a great player, but when he had a look at the numbers, Ohtani is behind Judge by a couple hundred in O.P.S. Therefore, he would like it if Aaron won the MVP award this year.

What did Boone say about Ohtani?

What Ohtani has done on the field as a hitter and a pitcher over the years is commendable. And so it is this year.

Boone said, “Ohtani is unreal, what he is doing on both sides of the ball.”

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While Judge is at 1.102 OPS, Shotime is only at .889. Looking at average, home runs, runs, and RBI, Judge is ahead of the Angels’ star player.  And thus, while Boone thinks Ohtani is a great player, Judge deserves to be the AL MVP this year.