Yordan Alvarez, Pete Crow-Armstrong Win AL, NL MVP 2026 Awards, Full MLB Voting Results

It's unanimous.

After putting together the best offensive season for any player in Major League Baseball, Houston Astros star Yordan Alvarez has been named the 2026 American League MVP, while a superstar-making season for Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong has been capped off with him winning the 2026 National League MVP award.

Alvarez garnered every first-place vote and 420 total points in the BBWAA voting to beat out finalists Junior Caminero of the Tampa Bay Rays and Bobby Witt Jr. of the Kansas City Royals. Likewise, Crow-Armstrong won unanimously over fellow finalists Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Brice Turang of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Having long been established as one of the best hitters in MLB, Alvarez took his game to another level this season. The 29-year-old led MLB in all three triple-slash categories (.316/.432/.601), walks (109) and set a career-high with 42 homers.

Alvarez's 181 wRC+ was 24 points better than any other player in the league. He finished second to Witt among all AL position players in fWAR, but it was only a margin of 0.2 (7.0 to 6.8).

By FanGraphs' offensive value, Alvarez's 60.2 mark was 2.5 points better than Pete Crow-Armstrong (57.7) in second place. They were the only two players in MLB over 50.0 in the category.

Aaron Judge, Shohei Ohtani, Juan Soto and Ronald Acuña Jr. are the only other players with at least one season worth 60.0 in offensive value since 2021.

Alvarez is only the second person ever to win MVP in either league whose primary position is designated hitter after Ohtani. The Astros slugger's previous best finish in AL MVP voting was third in 2022.

Caminero became the first Rays player to finish in the top three of AL MVP voting. He made it after hitting .276/.360/.524 and slugging 42 homers to help Tampa Bay win the AL East and reach the World Series for the third time in franchise history.

Witt has an argument as the best all-around player in the AL. He has been an AL MVP finalists twice in the last three years and finished fourth in 2025.

Alvarez is just the third Astros player to win an MVP award. He joins Jeff Bagwell in 1994 and Jose Altuve in 2017.

The race between Crow-Armstrong and Ohtani appeared to shift in favor of the Cubs star over the final two months of the regular season. He was the best player in all of Major League Baseball by most metrics.

Crow-Armstrong's traditional stats were incredible with a .280/.372/.570 slash line, 45 homers and 41 stolen bases. He was the best defensive player in MLB by outs above average, fielding run value and range.

Using FanGraphs' wins above replacement as a measure of total value, Crow-Armstrong's mark of 10.6 was 3.6 wins better than the No. 2 player in MLB (Bobby Witt Jr.).

The 3.6 fWAR difference was more than the gap between Witt in second place and Rafael Devers in 50th place (3.5).

Crow-Armstrong's total fWAR was the highest in a single season since Aaron Judge's 2024 campaign (11.2).

Ohtani, who had won three straight MVP awards dating back to his final year with the Los Angeles Angels in 2023, looked like he would cruise to another win early in the season when he was dominating at the plate and on the mound.

Through July 3, Ohtani was hitting .288/.403/.524 and had a 1.79 ERA with 95 strikeouts in 85.2 innings.

Knee and biceps injuries prevented Ohtani from pitching again after that date. He remained in the lineup, but his slash line dipped to .232/.325/.420 in 157 plate appearances from Aug. 1 through the end of the season.

While Ohtani was trending in the wrong direction, Crow-Armstrong continued to play at an elite level and led the Cubs to a playoff berth as an NL wild card team.

Crow-Armstrong is the first Cubs player since Kris Bryant in 2016 to win NL MVP. It's the 12th time in franchise history they have had the National League MVP winner, tied with the Cincinnati Reds for fourth-most among all NL clubs.