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Aaron Judge forces sportsbook to pull AL MVP odds
Aaron Judge forces sportsbook to pull AL MVP odds originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
Aaron Judge isn't just running away with the American League MVP race this year. He's already broke it. Took it off the board entirely.
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According to Todd Dewey of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Westgate SuperBook pulled AL MVP odds on May 4, barely a month into the season. The reason? Judge had become too dominant to make betting worth it.
New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge.© Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images
'Unless he gets hurt, he's going to win,' Westgate oddsmaker Randy Blum told the newspaper. 'So there's no point having it up right now.'
Blum added, 'He's not going to hit .400. But you know he's going to have the power. The only way he can lose is by getting injured.'
Through Sunday, Judge led the majors in batting average (.378), on-base percentage (.473), and hits (99). Even after a quiet weekend in Boston—just 1-for-12—he still owns one of the most absurd first-half stat lines in decades.
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Before the Fenway series, Judge had the highest batting average in MLB history (.394) by a player with 25 home runs or more through 66 games. That puts him ahead of Mickey Mantle in 1956 (.381), Jimmie Foxx in 1932 (.379), and Babe Ruth in 1930 (.375), according to Sarah Langs.
Let that breathe.
MVP odds are off the board, but if you're the kind of person who needs to wager on something, Caesars is offering +260 on Judge to win the Triple Crown. That would make him only the second player in the last 58 years to pull it off, joining Miguel Cabrera in 2012.
He's already leading in average and home runs. RBIs are close. And health is, as always, the wild card.
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But right now, Aaron Judge isn't just chasing history. He's setting odds-makers on fire and sending Vegas running for cover. And we're not even at the All-Star break.
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 17, 2025, where it first appeared.
