Pete Crow-Armstrong and Yordan Alvarez Unanimously Named 2026 MLB MVPs

Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong and Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez have both earned their first career MVP awards in unanimous votes.

Chicago Cubs star Pete Crow-Armstrong has won the National League MVP Award. He was voted as the NL MVP in a unanimous manner right after Houston Astros star Yordan Alvarez was voted as the unanimous American League MVP. Pete Crow-Armstrong won the NL MVP award unanimously on Thursday after the center fielder starred for the Chicago Cubs in a majestic all-around season.

The Baseball Writers Association of America announced Thursday that Yordan Alvarez has been named the Most Valuable Player in the American League. Alvarez won the award unanimously, collecting all 30 first-place votes.

Yahoo Sports reported the story as "Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong joins Yordan Alvarez in unanimous MVP company with NL honor." The Guardian US reported the story as "Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong and Astros’ Yordan Alvarez unanimously win MVP awards."

6 sources have covered this story, including Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, The Guardian US and Winnipeg Free Press Sports and 2 other outlets. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed 31 minutes ago.

Source accounts have not fully aligned on every figure tied to this story (different reports cite 45, 30, 2026); the published One News summary holds those specifics open until more sources converge.