As we enter the last few weeks of the 2024 MLB season and the awards races reach their crucial final stages, one category stands above all others: the epic derby for American League MVP.
You can read the current verdict below, though nothing is decided. Three players have already cracked the seven-win barrier according to the Baseball Reference version of WAR: Aaron Judge (7.7) and Juan Soto (7.1) of the Yankees, and Bobby Witt Jr. (7.2) of the Royals. Baltimore's Gunnar Henderson (6.9) and Boston's Jarren Duran (6.