Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong wins NL MVP award and Astros’ Yordan Alvarez gets AL honor
Crow-Armstrong led the majors with 45 homers and 41 steals, while Alvarez nearly won the Triple Crown and received all 30 first-place votes.
- 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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Alvarez, Crow-Armstrong selected as MVPs
Houston Astros designated hitter/outfielder Yordan Alvarez and Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong were unanimously selected as the American and National League Most Valuable Players, Major League Baseball revealed Thursday.
Alvarez and Crow-Armstrong were unanimously elected in a choice that differed from previous years in which Japanese Shohei Ohtani was the protagonist
The Cuban wins the 2026 MVP award of the American League unanimously after leading the Major Leagues on average batting and PAHO with the Houston Astros.
For the first time since 2020, none of the majors' individual awards ended up in the hands of Shohei Ohtani or Aaron Judge.
Yordan Alvarez, Pete Crow-Armstrong named MVPs by unanimous vote - Regional Media News
By Field Level Media Nov 13 (Field Level Media) - Houston Astros designated hitter/outfielder Yordan Alvarez and Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong were unanimously selected as the American and National League Most Valuable Players, Major League Baseball revealed Thursday. Alvarez challenged for the Triple [...]
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