The biggest awards have now been handed out in baseball, and one of them just increased Tarik Skubal’s free agency value. On Wednesday, the Cy Young Awards were announced, and Tarik Skubal (of course) won for the second year in a row, while Paul Skenes of the Pirates won for the NL.

But first, it's award season in baseball, and the American League and National League MVPs have finally been selected. Let's start there.

Maybe Judge can win two more MVPs to take a 5-0 lead on Jeter. It would be fitting, since Jeter leads 5-0 in World Series championships.

Anthony Castrovince reports on the back-to-back MVP wins for Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani. Mike McDaniel and Tom Dierberger look at just how close Cal Raleigh got to getting the AL MVP nod this year. Some AL MVP voters explain their decisions for either Judge or Raleigh. ( The Athletic subscription required .)

The Bronx was roaring on the evening of Oct. 7, but Aaron Judge remembers hearing nothing. Some 40,000 pairs of eyes tracked a baseball on its collision course with the left-field foul pole, then came the clang against steel – fair ball,