Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong and Houston Astros hitter Yordan Alvarez have won their first Most Valuable Player awards in US baseball, each unanimously. Crow-Armstrong received all 30 first-place votes in the National League. With the two Cy Young winners also unanimous, all four major player awards were unanimous for the first time.
Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs and Yordan Alvarez of the Houston Astros won their first Most Valuable Player awards in US baseball. Both league selections were unanimous. Crow-Armstrong took all 30 first-place votes in the National League, ahead of Shohei Ohtani and Brice Turang. Alvarez won the American League award ahead of Junior Caminero and Bobby Witt Jr.[1], [2]
The Baseball Writers’ Association of America, the US organisation administering these awards, collected ballots before the postseason began. Two writers in each league city voted. A first-place vote was worth 14 points, with nine for second and eight for third, continuing down to one for tenth. Crow-Armstrong finished with 420 points; Ohtani had 264 and Turang 190.[2]
This was the third season with unanimous MVP winners in both leagues, following 2023 and 2024. The two Cy Young awards for pitchers also went to unanimous winners this year. Since that award began in 1956, the four awards had never previously all been unanimous in the same season. Crow-Armstrong also became the first Cubs player elected unanimously.[2]
