Even as the Yankees endured their summer swoon, their fans could at least take some solace knowing they would likely get to celebrate another MVP Award for Aaron Judge .

But even that is less of a certainty these days.

That’s because Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners is making a powerful push to be the American League MVP, putting up numbers never seen before from a catcher.

Raleigh struck home runs No. 48 and No. 49 on Sunday, tying and then breaking Salvador Perez’s single-season record for a primary catcher.

“I think we’re seeing that he’s starting to set a bar to nobody else that’s done this,” Mariners manager Dan Wilson said after Sunday’s 11-4 win over the A’s. “The newsworthy part of this thing is it’s getting to a point where you can’t compare him to anybody. He just ke

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