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.

The second half of the 2025 MLB season is in full swing. And while the fast-approaching trade deadline is the focal point across the baseball world right now, the AL and NL award races will also start to become more of a talking point.

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.

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