Cal Raleigh beats out Aaron Judge for first award in stiff MVP battle

Source: New York Post

Cal Raleigh has won the first hardware battle. The Mariners catcher won the Baseball Digest/Inside Edge major league player of the year award on Friday, beating out Yankees slugger Aaron Judge as the two await their AL MVP fate. Raleigh won 12 of 24 first-place votes and garnered 56 points from a panel of writers, broadcasters, executives, managers and former players, with Judge — last year’s winner — getting eight first-place votes and 53 points.