DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Juan Soto / Listin Diario

In the Major League Baseball (MLB) 2025 season, four Dominican players are contenders for the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award this year. In 2024, Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers won their respective league’s MVP awards.

First is Juan Soto. The Dominican slugger has boasted an on-base percentage of over .400 for the past seven years and is expected to repeat this. He is currently the #4 on the all-time list for achieving at least 25 home runs and receiving 125 bases on balls. Only Hall of Famers Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth and Ted Williams are currently ahead of Soto in this category.

And, also in the National League, there is exciting player Elly de la Cruz with his impressively fast pitches, stolen bases and seemingly impossible plays. It was nearly an endless streak of great baseball from a very young man...