New York Yankees Star Aaron Judge Bags Two Major Awards Ahead of Shohei Ohtani for His Outstanding Season

If not for the postseason, Aaron Judge was a beast from the plate while playing for the New York Yankees. With 62 home runs smashing from the plate, the Yankees slugger broke the single-season American league record.

And thanks to his remarkable season, Judge has won two prestigious awards this year. Yes! The Pinstripes outfielder has bagged the player of the year and the American League outstanding player of the year ahead of the two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani.

Potential AL MVP Aaron Judge wins big before entering his free agency

Per the New York Post, this was a players’ choice award; meaning, major league players voted for Aaron Judge for the American League outstanding player and player of the year. 

Meanwhile, in the National League, the Cardinals slugger Paul Goldschmidt also won the NL outstanding player of the year.

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When talking about Judge, the Yankees slugger bested the Los Angeles Angels’ two-way star and reigning AL MVP Shohei Ohtani to win these two awards. Notably, last year, Ohtani won these two awards for his remarkable season.

When talking about Ohtani, the Japanese star had an even better season than the last year. He smashed 34 home runs from the plate and had 219 strikeouts with 15 wins from the plate. But Judge’s brilliance dominated Ohtani’s two-way show this year.

Will Judge stay in the Bronx?

Knowing that Aaron Judge will be a free agent once the World Series is over, it is still not clear whether the Yankees star will extend his stay in the Bronx. Because, earlier this year, Judge rejected a $213 million contract from the Yanks and preferred to become a free agent.

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Given the kind of season he had, apart from the Yankees, a few heavyweights already have their checks ready to sign the star player. And in Judge’s own words, he will listen to every franchise that will offer him a new contract.

Do you think the Yankees will be able to extend Judge’s contract?