Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong, Astros' Yordan Alvarez win MVP honors - ESPN

Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong and Houston Astros DH/OF Yordan Alvarez were named unanimous winners of the Most Valuable Player award in their respective leagues Thursday night.

Crow-Armstrong, 24, earned all 30 first-place votes for the National League MVP behind his monster season at the plate, on the bases and in the field. Four-time MVP Shohei Ohtani was second in the voting, and Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Brice Turang was third.

Alvarez, 29, topped Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero and Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. in the AL voting to capture his first MVP after a season in which he nearly won the triple crown.

New York Yankees ace Cam Schlittler, the unanimous AL Cy Young winner Wednesday, placed fourth in the MVP voting. With the Brewers' Jacob Misiorowski winning the NL Cy Young unanimously, it's the first season in which both MVP winners and both Cy Young winners were unanimous.

«I'm just blessed to have the ability that I do,» said Crow-Armstrong, who is the 13th player in franchise history to win the award and first since Kris Bryant in 2016. «It brings me joy to be able to affect the game a lot of times on a daily basis.… I'm feeling lucky I was able to impact the game as much as I did this year.»

A fourth-year player, Crow-Armstrong, 24, hit .280 with 45 home runs and 41 stolen bases while also winning the Gold Glove and Platinum Glove awards. He also led both leagues with a 10.6 fWAR.

Crow-Armstrong began the season batting low in the lineup, often in the ninth slot. But by mid-May, he was moved to the leadoff spot and went on a tear that lasted most of the rest of the year. Cubs manager Craig Counsell said he moved Crow-Armstrong to the top of the order