Unbelievable MLB 2025 Forecasts: Will Pete Alonso Defy History and Riley Greene Dethrone Aaron Judge?

Riley Greene will win the AL MVP Award

By Anthony Castrovince, MLB.com

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The headline here should probably be “Aaron Judge will NOT be the AL MVP” because, let’s face it, right now the voting would look something like this:

3. Judge’s newborn baby daughter

5. Bobby Witt Jr.

Regardless, last winter, in my annual way-too-early award picks (in which I generally try to stray from repeat winners such as Judge), I went with Greene, the Tigers’ outfielder, which means I am contractually bound to that pick, for better or worse (please disregard that my NL Cy Young pick is already done for the year). Judge is completely lapping the field right now, but that was also the case around this time in 2023, before he dealt with a midseason foot injury. I don’t wish injury upon him (not even to help me stumble upon a correct prediction for once), but it is a part of his career profile, unfortunately. Stranger things have happened.

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