The 2025 Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) Awards were all announced throughout the week, and for the second consecutive season it featured Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani and New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge taking home MVP honors in their respective leagues.
Ohtani now has four MVP Awards to his name, and he became the second player in MLB history to win the honor in three consecutive seasons, joining Barry Bonds (2001-2004). The 31-year-old also became the first Dodgers player to win back-to-back MVPs and joined Roy Campanella as the only players in franchise history to win the award multiple times.
Ohtani is the first player in MLB history to win MVP multiple times in both leagues, and along with Frank Robinson, they are the only two players to earn the award in the American League and National League.
Ohtani is now second all-time with four MVP Awards (2021, 2023-2025), trailing only Bonds, who owns seven of them.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto also represented the Dodgers among the award finalists, but fell short in Cy Young voting.
Overall, the MVP is one of four awards handed out every year by the BBWAA. The group also votes on the Cy Young, Rookie of the Year and Manager of the Year. All ballots were submitted prior to the start of the postseason, with two writers representing each city from both leagues.
BBWAA Awards recap 2025
NL MVP
Ohtani earned 30 of the 30 first-place votes, winning the 24th unanimous MVP Award and becoming the first player to earn it unanimously three times.
Kyle Schwarber finished second with 23 second-place votes, while Juan Soto (four) and Geraldo Perdomo (three) also received votes for second. Soto finished third in the voting due to his 15 third-place votes and nine fourth-place votes.
Freddie Freeman and Will Smith were also listed on some ballots.
AL MVP
Judge and Cal Raleigh had one of the closest races, but the Yankees’ captain took 17 of the first-place votes, compared to Raleigh’s 13. All voters had Judge and Raleigh in their top-two.
José Ramírez finished third with 19 third-place votes, six fourth-place votes and another five for fifth place.
NL Cy Young
Paul Skenes unanimously won the NL Cy Young Award and became the second pitcher to receive it the season after taking home Rookie of the Year honors. Cristopher Sánchez was also the unanimous second-place pitcher, taking home all 30 second place votes.
Yamamoto finished a distant third in voting with 16 third-place votes, 11 fourth-place votes and two for fifth.
AL Cy Young
For the second consecutive season, Tarik Skubal was voted as the AL Cy Young winner, collecting 26 of the first-place votes and four for second place.
Garrett Crochet received the other four first-place votes and 26 second-place votes. Hunter Brown checked in third on the list, receiving 24 third-place votes.
NL Rookie of the Year
Drake Baldwin became the seventh catcher to win NL Rookie of the Year, and the second for the Atlanta Braves. He got 21 first-place votes and nine for second place.
Cade Horton finished second with nine first-place votes, 16 second-place votes and four third-place votes.
AL Rookie of the Year
Nick Kurtz was the unanimous AL Rookie of the Year, finishing above teammate Jacob Wilson, who took home 23 second-place votes. Roman Anthony finished third, receiving three second place votes and 15 third place votes.
The 1-2 finish by Kurtz and Jacob Wilson in the voting was the fifth time in the AL and the ninth time overall that teammates were the winner and runner-up in Rookie of the Year balloting.
NL Manager of the Year
Pat Murphy won NL Manager of the Year for the second straight year. He became only the second skipper in the NL to be honored in consecutive seasons. Murphy received 27 first-place votes and two second-place votes, while one voter left him off their ballot.
Terry Francona finished second with two votes for first place, nine second-place and 12 third-place votes.
This year marked the first time Dave Roberts did not receive at least one vote for Manager of the Year.
AL Manager of the Year
Stephen Vogt was once again voted as the AL Manager of the Year. He became the second manager in AL history to win the award in consecutive seasons, joining Kevin Cash with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2020 and 2021.
Vogt took 17 of the first-place votes, eight of the second-place votes and four for third place. He beat out Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider, who had 10 first-place votes, 11 second-place and eight for third place.
Seattle Mariners manager Dan Wilson checked in at third, receiving just two first-place votes.
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