Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners has been chosen the 2025 Baseball Digest/Inside Edge MLB Participant of the Yr. Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates has been named MLB Pitcher of the Yr whereas Aroldis Chapman of the Boston Crimson Sox has been voted MLB Aid Pitcher of the Yr.
Raleigh obtained 12 first-place votes, eight second-place votes and 4 third-place votes from the independently submitted ballots of a 24-member blue-ribbon panel of longtime baseball observers, which included writers, broadcasters, former gamers, managers and executives. Aaron Choose of the New Yankees obtained eight first-place votes, 13 second-place votes and three third-place votes. Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers obtained 4 first-place votes together with three second-place votes and 14 third-place votes.
That is Baseball Digest’s 57th MLB Participant of the Yr Award (1969-2025) and its thirty second MLB Pitcher of the Yr Award (1994-2025). The MLB Aid Pitcher of the Yr Award was first introduced by Baseball Digest in 2012 and yearly since 2015.
Cal Raleigh led MLB in dwelling runs with 60 in 2025 and topped the American League with 125 runs batted in. His 60 dwelling runs had been essentially the most in major-league historical past by a swap hitter in a single season—surpassing Mickey Mantle’s 54 for the 1961 New York Yankees—as had been his 49 homers as a catcher, which surpassed Javy Lopez’ 42 for the Atlanta Braves in 2003. Raleigh grew to become simply the seventh participant in major-league historical past to hit 60-or-more dwelling runs in a single season, becoming a member of Babe Ruth (1927), Roger Maris (1961), Mark McGwire (1998-99), Sammy Sosa (1998-99, 2001), Barry Bonds (2001) and Aaron Choose (2022). He surpassed Ken Griffey Jr. (56 in 1997 and ’98) for essentially the most dwelling runs by a Seattle Mariner in a single season. He’s the second Mariners participant to be voted MLB Participant of the Yr by Baseball Digest within the 57-year historical past of the award, becoming a member of Alex Rodriguez (1996).
Paul Skenes led MLB with a 1.97 earned run common in 2025 and his 216 strikeouts had been tied—with Philadelphia’s Jesús Luzardo—for the second-most within the Nationwide League behind solely San Francisco’s Logan Webb (224). His 1.9647 earned run common over the primary 55 begins of his major-league profession is the third lowest since ERA grew to become an official statistic in each leagues in 1913—behind solely Al Mamaux’s 1.93 (1914-16) and Dutch Ruether’s 1.9614 (1917-20). Voted the 2024 Nationwide League Rookie of the Yr by Baseball Digest, Skenes is the primary Pirate to be named MLB Pitcher of the Yr by the publication within the award’s 32-year historical past.
Aroldis Chapman tied for fifth—with Cincinnati’s Emilio Pagán—in MLB in saves in 2025 with 34, essentially the most he has recorded in a season since 2019 with the New York Yankees (37). He was profitable in every of his final 15 saves alternatives. It was Chapman’s ninth season with 30-plus saves, essentially the most amongst lively pitchers and tied with Joe Nathan and Billy Wagner for fourth-most all-time. Amongst 334 pitchers with 50.0-plus innings-pitched in 2025, Chapman ranked first in ERA (1.17), WHIP (0.701), and opponents’ batting common (.132). Chapman is the primary Crimson Sox pitcher to be voted MLB Aid Pitcher of the Yr by Baseball Digest for the reason that award was first introduced in 2012.
