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MLB Awards Week results, analysis: Judge and Ohtani both unanimous MVP winners
Baseball's best collected their hardware this week -- culminating with the Most Valuable Players in the AL and NL.
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Who has won the MLB MVP Award? All-time winners list
MLB's MVP Award is given to top players in the AL and NL. Take a look at the complete winners list now.
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Aaron Judge: It's an 'incredible honor' to win 2nd AL MVP Award
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Ohtani reflects on winning MVP, World Series in first Dodgers season
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THE KING OF THE HOME RUN?
Is Aaron Judge the best pure home run hitter of all time?
The Yankees' star slugger had one of the most impressive offensive seasons we've ever seen -- and it might have just proved he's the king of the home run.
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SALE BACK ON TRACK
Did Chris Sale pitch himself into the HOF this year?
After five years of irrelevancy, the Braves' ace is the Cy Young favorite -- and back on a Hall of Fame track?
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Shohei Ohtani wins 2024 NL MVP
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Aaron Judge wins 2024 AL MVP
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WHO GOES WHERE?
MLB execs on the offseason's biggest questions: Intel on Juan Soto's new deal, Garrett Crochet's next team
While we wait for baseball's hot stove to heat up, we surveyed the sport for answers on big free agents and top trade candidates.
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FREE AGENCY FOCUS
Three overvalued and three undervalued MLB free agents
Steer clear of Pete Alonso? Take a flier on Paul Goldschmidt? Here are this winter's players to invest in and be wary of, given their expected contracts.
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Passan: The names to know, when they could sign -- and latest on Soto's suitors
Here are the players, teams and themes that will dominate the hot stove headlines.
FANTASY BASEBALL
What you may have missed this past week
Stay up to date all offseason long as Eric Karabell keeps tabs on the baseball world and tells you what is relevant to fantasy baseball managers.
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Top Headlines
- Ohtani, Judge capture unanimous MVP honors
- MLB focusing on media rights plan for all teams
- City OKs, then reverses $23M to fix Rays' stadium
- Ohtani 'slowly ramping up' in post-surgery rehab
- Braves' Sale, Tigers' Skubal win Cy Young Awards
- Manfred expecting Sasaki to sign after Jan. 15
- Yanks owner calls Soto session a 'good meeting'
- Cubs trade for Morgan, Thaiss; Wisdom DFA'ed
- Offseason: Free agency and trade grades
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MLB offseason survey: Execs predict free agency, trades
While we wait for baseball's hot stove to heat up, we surveyed the sport for answers on big free agents and top trade candidates.
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Rankings, contract projections for top 50 MLB free agents
How much will the biggest stars get paid this winter? Kiley McDaniel breaks down this offseason's free agent class.
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What we learned about MLB's playoff format in 2024
With the two top seeds meeting in the World Series, there was a lot less griping about MLB's expanded playoffs this year. That doesn't mean it's perfect.
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MLB free agency tracker: Latest 2024-25 offseason trades, moves
Where will Juan Soto go? We've got you covered on all the major signings and trades as the hot stove season starts.
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Pete Rose's posthumous Baseball Hall of Fame argument
MLB legend Pete Rose's exceptionalism, even in death, never shook off the ills of his past.
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What if every World Series was between No. 1 seeds like 2024?
The 2024 Fall Classic featured the teams with each league's best record. It doesn't happen often -- but what if it ALWAYS did?
