Pinstripe Alley · Oct 8, 2023
2023 Yankees Most Valuable Player: Gerrit Cole
Typically, it makes more sense for a team’s most valuable player to be a position player. They spend more time on the field and contribute to every game. But when a team doesn’t have a pure standout player on the field all year, it makes sense to look towards the pitching staff. If it wasn’t for Aaron Judge missing a significant chunk of the year, then he would have unquestionably been the most valuable player. But unfortunately he did, and the team got a sensational performance from the likely Cy Young winner, Gerrit Cole, the more than deserving winner of the Yankees’ 2023 MVP.