Ever since Opening Day, New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge has been seen as the clear favorite to win his third AL MVP award in the last four years. Seattl

Cal Raleigh may not keep up his offensive pace, but he has been closing in on AL MVP favorite Aaron Judge. This is no longer Secretariat at the Belmont.

For most of the season, it looked like Aaron Judge was running away with the American League MVP race. The Yankees slugger was putting up video game numbers, crushing homer after homer and leading nearly every offensive category.