The Milwaukee Brewers’ William Contreras positioned fifth within the 2024 NL MVP race. He acquired three votes for a end as excessive as third place, with the most well-liked vote in his favor for fifth place at seven votes.
Finally, first place honors went to Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers in a unanimous vote. As the primary 50-50 participant ever, this wasn’t a lot of a shock. The New York Mets’ Francisco Lindor earned 23 second-place votes to safe his spot because the runner-up. Ketel Marte of the Diamondbacks positioned third.
Willy Adames additionally performed his approach onto this yr’s MVP poll with a tenth place end. Outfielder Jackson Chourio additionally earned a single vote for tenth, ending twenty second. Whereas they may not get any awards, it’s good to see their efforts this season rewarded with a point out among the many greatest within the league.
Within the American League, Aaron Choose earned his spot atop the poll with a unanimous vote after hitting 58 house runs. Bobby Witt Jr. was (unanimously!) the runner-up with a 32-homer, 31-stolen-base season. Choose’s teammate, Juan Soto, completed in third place. Rounding out the highest 5 had been Gunnar Henderson of Baltimore and Jose Ramirez of Cleveland.
The MVP Award has been handed out since 1931. Within the Brewers’ franchise historical past, 4 totally different gamers have gained the award: Rollie Fingers, Robin Yount, Ryan Braun, and Christian Yelich.
Yount earned the honors twice, in 1982 and 1989. Yelich was the latest recipient, incomes the award in 2018.
