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Yordan Alvarez wins unanimous 2026 American League MVP award
The Astros slugger took all 30 first-place votes, finishing ahead of Junior Caminero and Bobby Witt Jr. after a season that included the AL batting title.
The numbers
- Alvarez’s first-place votes
- 30 of 30 first-place votes
- Alvarez’s MVP voting total
- 420 points
- Junior Caminero’s MVP voting total
- 267 points
- Bobby Witt Jr.’s MVP voting total
- 188 points
- Alvarez’s regular-season batting average
- .316 batting average
- Alvarez’s regular-season home runs
- 42 home runs
- Alvarez’s regular-season RBIs
- 106 runs batted in
Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez won the 2026 American League Most Valuable Player award unanimously on November 12, receiving all 30 first-place votes.
Alvarez earned 420 points, ahead of Tampa Bay’s Junior Caminero with 267 and Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr. with 188, according to the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, which announced the result.
Two writers in each American League city cast ballots before the postseason, the association said. Its scoring system awards 14 points for a first-place vote and nine for second place, with points descending through 10th place.
Alvarez hit .316 in the 2026 regular season, winning the American League batting title, with 42 home runs and 106 runs batted in, MLB.com’s Brian McTaggart reported on November 3, before the award. That report also relayed praise from Astros teammate Jose Altuve earlier in the year: Altuve said Alvarez repeatedly produced at a high level and that his home runs still surprised teammates.
The writers’ association said Alvarez is Houston’s second American League MVP. Altuve won the AL award in 2017, while Jeff Bagwell won the National League award for Houston in 1994.
Timeline
MLB.com published Brian McTaggart’s pre-award report on Alvarez’s season and finalist status.
The baseball writers’ association announced Alvarez as the unanimous AL MVP.
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