Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong wins NL MVP award and Astros’ Yordan Alvarez gets AL honor
Crow-Armstrong and Alvarez each received all 30 first-place votes after standout seasons that led their leagues in key offensive categories.
- On Thursday, Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong and Houston Astros designated hitter Yordan Alvarez were named unanimous winners of the Most Valuable Player award in their respective leagues.
- Crow-Armstrong became the 25th unanimous MVP winner after hitting.280 with 45 home runs and 41 stolen bases, winning a Gold Glove and leading both leagues with a 10.6 fWAR.
- Alvarez, 29, captured his first MVP after nearly winning the triple crown, hitting a league-best.316 with 42 homers and 106 RBIs for the AL West champions.
- Unanimous voting trends extended to the Cy Young awards, with Brewers' Jacob Misiorowski winning the NL Cy Young unanimously—the first season both MVP and Cy Young winners were unanimous.
- Crow-Armstrong, who signed a $115 million, six-year contract in March, is the first Cubs MVP since 2016, while Alvarez is the first Houston MVP since Jose Altuve in 2017.
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“Shohei Ohtani is officially out of the GOAT convo” - Fans react to Pete Crow-Armstrong defeating Dodgers superstar to become 2026 NL MVP
Pete Crow-Armstrong won the National League MVP award on Thursday night, and the vote was not close: all 30 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers' Association of America, 420 points, the maximum.
POLITICS: Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong Named NL MVP, Unseating Three-Time Winner Shohei Ohtani – The Beltway Report
Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong was unanimously named the National League’s Most Valuable Player on Thursday night, ending a three-year run atop the award by Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, who had won the honor unanimously in each of the previous two seasons. Crow-Armstrong, widely known as PCA, came to the Cubs after beginning his career as a top prospect in the New York Mets organization. He played a part-time role in …
Ohtani and Judge's Dominance Ends... MLB's Alvarez and Croamstrong Receive First Unanimous MVP Votes
The dominance of Shohei Ohtani (LA Dodgers) and Aaron Judge (New York Yankees) in the Major League Baseball (MLB) Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards has come to an end. This year, the MVP trophies for both leagues went to Jordan Alvarez (Houston Astros) and Pete Croamstrong (Chicago Cubs). The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) 13
Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong Named NL MVP, Unseating Three-Time Winner Shohei Ohtani
Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong was unanimously named the National League's Most Valuable Player on Thursday night, ending a three-year run atop the award by Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, who had won the honor unanimously in each of the previous two seasons. Crow-Armstrong, widely known as PCA, came to the Cubs after beginning his career as a top prospect in the New York Mets organization.
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