MVP Favorites for 2024 MLB Season || AL
Edition #146
Intro:
NL was published yesterday. Now let’s get to the AL where things become a bit challenging.
AL:
This will be the most interesting race, especially with historic seasons being also put up here.
The two current competitors are Bobby Witt Jr. and Aaron Judge and both are putting historical numbers in their own way. For one, Judge is about to break his own single-season home run record, while Witt is breaking records in his own way.
That’s amazing. That’s some good company Witt is in. Jimmy Rollins is definitely a hall of fame even if he didn’t get elected and Ken Williams is a historic figure in the world of baseball.
Let’s build Witt’s case even more.
86- Hal McRae (1977)
85- George Brett (1979)
82- Jorge Soler (2019)
81- Witt Jr. (2024)
81- McRae (1982)
80- Carlos Beltran (2002)
79- Jermaine Dye (1999)
76- Dye (2000)
75- Mike Sweeney (2001)
What’s the number you ask? Well, it’s the number of extra-base hits in Royals franchise history. Reminder, there’s still one month of the season left, which means barring an injury, he can easily pass this mark. Another record.
Meanwhile, Aaron Judge is well within reach of the American League HR record of 62 games. That’s crazy already as most people who have tried to achieve this record or even come close to it are the people who use PEDs. In August, Judge became the fastest player to reach 300 home runs. He started his MLB journey in 2017, meaning in just 7 years he’s surpassed such a feat. The next closest player has 258 home runs.
With both these players doing so well, we have to look at what they’re bad at which is where Aaron Judge loses me.
This isn’t necessarily bad, but Witt has done more than Judge. For starters, Witt has a better average and has more runs, hits, doubles, triples, fewer strikeouts, and more stolen bases. If we go to OPS and SLG, while Judger has more, it’s not by a lot and by quite less.
There’s the case for Bobby Witt Jr. to win MVP.
Conclusion:
I could’ve put these two together but decided it would be more fun for y’all to wait and watch. Thanks for reading and I’ll see you next time.
(Btw, I’m not sure we’ll finish the best players under 25 before the season starts, but I promise that I’ll get the pieces out ASAP. NFL records predictions also coming soon.)