Nominations for the 2025 ESPY Awards came out Thursday, and New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge is in the running for Best MLB Player. Joining him in this category are Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star (and reigning National League MVP Award winner) Shohei Ohtani , Dodgers teammate Freddie Freeman and Detroit Tigers ace (and reigning American League Cy Young Award winner) Tarik Skubal. Judge is the reigning American League MVP . He won the award in 2024 after leading the majors in home runs (58), RBIs (144), walks (133), on-base percentage (.458), slugging percentage (.701), OPS (1.159) and WAR (10.8). Judge also won AL MVP in 2022 when he set a new league record with 62 home runs. Judge