Crow-Armstrong wins NL MVP award, Alvarez gets AL honor

Pete Crow-Armstrong had a majestic all-around season for the Chicago Cubs. Yordan Alvarez was an offensive force for the Houston Astros. When it comes to the 2026 MVP awards, two players cleared the field. Crow-Armstrong won the NL honor on Thursday, and Alvarez slugged his way to the AL prize. The winners were unanimous selections in each league in the same year for the third time, joining 2023 (Shohei Ohtani and Ronald Acuña Jr.) and 2024 (Aaron Judge and Ohtani). “It seems like everybody else had a good feeling that I was going to win this besides me, really,” Alvarez said through an interpreter. “So when I heard the name, again that’s when the emotion came out and the feeling was amazing.” Crow-Armstrong set career highs by batting .280 with 45 homers, 107 RBIs and 41 steals in 162 games. He tied Kyle Schwarber for the major league lead in home runs, and he led the NL in runs (119), slugging percentage (.570) and OPS (.942).

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