Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh is currently on pace to have the greatest season by a catcher in MLB history. Raleigh became the first catcher in history t

Seattle Mariners' star catcher and 2025 Home Run Derby champion, Cal Raleigh, is now the AL betting favorite to win MVP above Aaron Judge.

Aaron Judge isn’t in the Yankees’ starting lineup for the first time this season, as manager Aaron Boone told reporters (including YES Network’s Jack Curry and the New York Post’s Joel Sherman) that the superstar is undergoing testing on what Boone described as an “ elbow issue .

Raleigh leads in home runs, 35 to 33. The pair are tied in RBI, 74-74. Judge is batting .360 to Raleigh's .268 and leads in OPS, 1.202 to 1.021. The catcher Raleigh leads in steals, 9 to 6.

The second half of the 2025 MLB season is in full swing. And while the fast-approaching trade deadline is the focal point across the baseball world right now, the AL and NL award races will also start to become more of a talking point.

MLB insider shut down Cal Raleigh’s MVP case, saying Aaron Judge’s historic 2025 season “just doesn’t elevate him” over the Yankees star.