For Los Angeles Angels interim manager Phil Nevin, there is no debate: Shohei Ohtani is the American League MVP.
"I've said it before: He's the most valuable player of our game right now," Nevin told reporters Saturday. "Until somebody can come in and do the things he does on both sides, I don't see it going any other way. I love Aaron Judge like a son, but I'll continue to say it: [Ohtani] can take over a baseball game like nobody can."
Nevin spent the previous four seasons as a coach with the New York Yankees, so he has insight into the brilliance of Aaron Judge, who is having perhaps the finest power-hitting performance of the post-steroid era.