Is Dodgers signing Shohei Ohtani actually helping Aaron Judge? Exploring Japanese unicorn's impact on Yankees captain's MVP résumé

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One hails from city of New York and other is from Iwate, Japan. One is favorite to the Bronx fans, while other is sensation of the "Hollywood of MLB". Although they seem apart by place and team but are actually connected with one word - stardom.


Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers are two of biggest names of this generation. They once shared the same All-Star roster for three consecutive years (from 2021 to 2023), before Ohtani went to test his free market worth and signed record-breaking 10-year, $700 million contract last year with the Dodgers.

Unsurprisingly, both stars shared the MVP titles since 2021 between them, Ohtani winning 2021 & 2023 and Judge winning 2022 AL MVP. This year, they are having a historic season with Judge touching Babe Ruth's legacy and Ohtani becoming first man in league history to become 44/44 club member, aiming for 50/50 before October.

Although Bobby Witt Jr. and Juan Soto in the AL and Francisco Lindor in the NL have a strong resume for MVP candidacy, fans and experts alike believe it will once again be in hands of Judge and Ohtani.
However, a question that's been widely on spectator's mind, is Ohtani's exit from AL actually helping Judge highlighting his true potential? Let's look at some numbers before reaching to conclusion.

In 2024, as of now, the Yankees leads the AL, and the Dodgers leads theirs. In fact, both teams have a similar season record of 80-59 (Yankees) and 84-55 (Dodgers), where Judge leads his league in home runs (51), RBIs (124), Walks (112), Intentional Walks (18), OBP (.457), SLG (.706), OPS (1.163), total bases (346) and WAR (9.7), and Ohtani, on other hand, is NL leader of runs (111), home runs (44), SLG (.617), OPS (.995) and total bases (334).

However, despite having a higher number of home runs and steals, Judge has a better overall performance with a higher WAR, making him a better candidate for MVP if they compete in the same league as old days. Moreover, one big advance that Shohei had over the Yankees captain in past was his pitching stat as it added extra credit into his candidacy. Unfortunately, this is not the case this season.

Even though, he's putting great numbers while playing only-DH, based solely on offense, Judge came up on top. So statistically, even if Ohtani remained in AL, the result wouldn't have changed.
But numbers don't always tell the entire story. Even though both have huge stardom on their own, Ohtani attracts a massive audience from the Land of Samurai, surging the Dodgers' overseas brand promotions and merchandise sales. So, off-field Ohtani is a clear winner on this ground.
What do you think, is Shohei helping Judge by leaving the AL, or is it a mere fan-friendly debate?





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