New York City might be home to the AL and NL MVPs; if so, they're heating up at the right time, each claiming Player of the Week awards Monday.
The New York Yankees and New York Mets have their sights squarely focused on a postseason race. With more than a month still to play in the regular season, any individual awards are a nice bonus.In the cases of Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge and Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor, each of whom leads his league in FanGraphs' version of Wins Above Replacement, the awards they win in 2024 might well be big ones.
The margin is close enough that the two players could easily swap spots over the course of a week. It's also within the margin of error for a stat that often predicts who will win his league's MVP honor.It helps Judge's case that he also leads Witt in Baseball Reference's version of WAR and is running away with the lead in Baseball Prospectus' equivalent stat, WARP.Lindor hit .345 with three homers, six RBI, four doubles, two walks, six runs scored, a stolen base, a .
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