Aaron Judge has been on an absolute tear recently. Beginning with cheating allegations in Toronto, the reigning AL MVP has been incredible as the New York Yankees continue to climb back into the AL East race. Judge has hit seven home runs in his last eight games.He's raised his batting average to .299 and developed an incredible .299/.400/.642 slash line. His wRC+ continues to rise to 178, far and away the team lead among qualified players. His 2.1 fWAR tops the team as well.Coming into a series finale with the Cincinnati Reds and the Bronx Bombers looking for a sweep, Judge is not in the lineup. Manager Aaron Boone has opted to give him a rest day with a travel day tomorrow to get the slugger two days off of his feet.New York Yankees@YankeesSevy on Sunday Morning. #RepBX1756228Sevy on Sunday Morning. #RepBX https://t.co/32WBSycEYRIt makes sense given that Judge just had an IL stint recently, so preserving him is in everyone's best interests. However, Yankees fans are shocked that their MVP isn't in the lineup with his incredible form of late.Patrick Hennessy@UnhingedPatrick@Yankees Makes no sense to sit Judge with an off-day tomorrow24@Yankees Makes no sense to sit Judge with an off-day tomorrowYouri@GibbyFeyenoord@Yankees Benching Judge when he is red hot, lol32@Yankees Benching Judge when he is red hot, lolBJ@TheYanksZoo__@Yankees Of course Boone favorite play. Double rest off day for Judge27@Yankees Of course Boone favorite play. Double rest off day for Judge⚾️ Shoeless Dro Jackson 👟@SavageNtheBox@Yankees 1) No Aaron Judge2) Willie Calhoun hitting clean up3) pay to watch61@Yankees 1) No Aaron Judge2) Willie Calhoun hitting clean up3) pay to watch https://t.co/VTHyCgZjtdDannyDimes4MVP@Dimes4MVP@Yankees @Laf4MVP Well deserved off day for judge though it’s annoying to take him out when he is hot1@Yankees @Laf4MVP Well deserved off day for judge though it’s annoying to take him out when he is hotLuke@DFAGleyber@Yankees I wanted to watch judge20@Yankees I wanted to watch judgeANTHONY BARATTA@GoYanksGo2442@Yankees So Judge DH yesterday and now has a day off today with no game tomorrow…I despise analytics12@Yankees So Judge DH yesterday and now has a day off today with no game tomorrow…I despise analyticsWhile this is Luis Severino's first start of the season, most fans are interested in Judge's absence from the lineup. The lineup today, sans the MVP, looks like this:Gleyber Torres, 2BAnthony Rizzo, 1BDJ LeMahieu, 3BWillie Calhoun, DHHarrison Bader, CFJake Bauers, RFAnthony Volpe, SSIsiah Kiner-Falefa, LFKyle Higashioka, CIt's very likely, especially if the game remains close, that Aaron Judge gets a pinch-hit at-bat today.Can Aaron Judge repeat as MVP?Aaron Judge is on a similar pace as he was last year when he destroyed the competition en route to his first MVP award. Can he do it again? He is as hot as he's ever been at the time.Aaron Judge won MVPHowever, it's going to take another Herculean effort to win the award. There are other deserving players and it is always hard to take the MVP away from Shohei Ohtani.Despite a rather mild year for Ohtani thus far, he pitches and hits. He's always an MVP favorite so it will take another historic campaign to steal it away.