Shohei Ohtani - NL MVP
Ohtani snags his fourth MVP and his third straight after earning all 30 first-place votes yet again. He is the only player in MLB history to win an MVP multiple times by unanimous decision - now he's done it four times.
Ohtani has now won the National League MVP in both years on the Dodgers as he led the National League in slugging percentage (.622) and OPS (1.014).
Now, only Ohtani and the legendary Barry Bonds are the only two players in MLB history to have at least four MVPs. Ohtani will now need three more to tie Bonds (7).
He led all of baseball with 146 runs - finishing the year as the only player who posted at least 140 - and a slashline of .282/.392/.622.
To go with it, Ohtani smacked 55 home runs and 102 RBI. It's now back-to-back seasons for Ohtani with at least 50 home runs and 100 RBI.
He finished the year with a career-high 109 walks, never having reached 100 before in his career.
Ohtani was also awarded his third-straight Silver Slugger Award for this year, fourth of his career.
He made his pitching debut for the Dodgers mid-season and finished with a 2.87 earned run average across 14 starts. The now four-time MVP gave up 40 hits and just nine walks in 47.0 innings of work with 62 strikeouts.
Aaron Judge - AL MVP
He received 17 of 30 first-place votes, with Seattle's Cal Raleigh receiving the remaining 13.
Judge led all of Major League Baseball in batting average (.331), on-base percentage (.457), slugging percentage (.688), and OPS (1.145), while also leading the American League in runs (137).
Judge was third in the league in home runs (55), fifth in RBI (114), and second in walks (124). He was the only batter in the American League to have the following: an OPS above 1.000, a slugging percentage over .600, and a batting average over .315.
Even more impressive, Judge was the only player in the entire league to finish with an on-base percentage over .400.
Judge has now led the AL in OBS/SLG/OPS, walks, and WAR in three of the last four seasons as he continues to cement himself as one of the greatest hitters in MLB history.
The now back-to-back American League MVP, third in his career, was also awarded his sixth Silver Slugger Award and his fourth in the past five years.
This past season also marked the third in the last four years that Judge has posted at least 50 home runs and 110+ RBI.
He's now just 32 home runs and 70 RBI away from reaching 400-1000 for his career - something only 37 other hitters in MLB history have accomplished.