Judge or Raleigh for MVP?

[D. Bergin]

These guys are making it tough to pick. Both on fire down the stretch with Raleigh closing in on Judge’s AL Record with 4 games left to play.

Meanwhile Judge becomes the 1st Non-Peds guy since Ruth to hit 50+ 4 Times in his career.

Judge has the Offensive Analytics and WAR metric heavily in his favor, and Raleigh has the traditional power numbers, offensive catcher records, and a reputation as a stellar defensive catcher (even though the metrics don’t quite agree for this year) in his favor.

[bk400]

The bookies have Raleigh as the favorite now, and those guys have the most to lose if they get it wrong.

For me, the catcher angle is the big tie breaker. Just for kicks, I tried getting into an ass to grass squat, holding it for 5 seconds, and then coming back up. Made it to 7 reps and then fell on my ass. And I don't have some guy throwing a ball 100 mph at my face and another guy swinging a bat at 75 mph near my face while I'm doing it.

[yanksfan09]

Judge dominated by a mile, head and shoulders above Raleigh. Raleigh had an all time great season for a catcher for sure, not trying to take anything away, But Judge has blown him away in almost every statistical category. Yes Raleigh has a few more HR and RBI but those are relatively close. All the the categories Judge is front by a mile! I don't get how its even a discussion. Judge fatigue? Yankee hate? That's all BS and an utter disgrace if they rob Judge of another MVP. He had another one of the greatest seasons of all time yet again this season. We're witnessing an all time great hitter having a peak/prime like maybe only a handful of others have had throughout history!

.331 compared to .247. That's an 84 point difference!! That's the same difference/gap of a .300 hitter vs. a pathetic .216 hitter! Worlds apart.

If avg isn't your thing these days look at OBP, SLG, OPS, WRC+, whatever Judge is so far and away better it's insane.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by yanksfan09

Judge dominated by a mile, head and shoulders above Raleigh. Raleigh had an all time great season for a catcher for sure, not trying to take anything away, But Judge has blown him away in almost every statistical category. Yes Raleigh has a few more HR and RBI but those are relatively close. All the the categories Judge is front by a mile! I don't get how its even a discussion. Judge fatigue? Yankee hate? That's all BS and an utter disgrace if they rob Judge of another MVP. He had another one of the greatest seasons of all time yet again this season. We're witnessing an all time great hitter having a peak/prime like maybe only a handful of others have had throughout history!

.331 compared to .247. That's an 84 point difference!! That's the same difference/gap of a .300 hitter vs. a pathetic .216 hitter! Worlds apart.

If avg isn't your thing these days look at OBP, SLG, OPS, WRC+, whatever Judge is so far and away better it's insane.

This. It's not even close, on the merits. WAR anyone? 9.8 to 7.3.

[G1911]

Wouldn't complain about either one, Judge is an all-time great bat talent and Raleigh has had a historic season as a catcher. 2 good picks this time