THE TAKE
And this year (so far), Aaron Judge is clearly the most valuable baseball player in the world.
BOLDNESS
15/100
GRADE
82/100
PLAYERS / TEAMS
Aaron Judge
GRADING CRITERIA
Aaron Judge wins the 2022 AL MVP award, or leads all of MLB in WAR (Baseball-Reference or FanGraphs) at the end of the 2022 regular season, confirming his status as the most valuable player in baseball for the year.
recency bias
OUTCOME
CONFIRMED TRUEAaron Judge won the 2022 AL MVP Award in a landslide, receiving 28 of 30 first-place votes. He led all of MLB in runs (133), home runs (62, a new AL record), RBI (131), OBP (.425), SLG (.686), OPS (1.111), OPS+ (211), and total bases (391). His season is widely regarded as one of the greatest in baseball history, fully confirming the prediction.