The Yankees' Aaron Judge and the Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani continue to lead their respective league in MLB.com's latest Most Valuable Player poll. Each superstar was at the top of the past two polls as well.

For most of the 2025 season, Aaron Judge looked untouchable. He was hammering home runs, leading nearly every offensive category, and single-handedly keeping the Yankees in the postseason picture. But this past week,

Aaron Judge missed Saturday's 9-4 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies due to an “elbow issue,” manager Aaron Boone said beforehand.

Aaron Judge, New York's superstar slugger and leading candidate in the AL MVP race, will be placed on the IL with a flexor strain in his right elbow, Boone told reporters on Saturday. There is no tear to the UCL.