What happened: Major League Baseball concluded its award announcements as Pete Crow-Armstrong won the National League Most Valuable Player award and Yordan Alvarez captured the American League honor. Both players swept the first-place ballots across their respective leagues to earn unanimous selections.

Why it matters: The dual sweep joins 2024 and 2023 as the only seasons in Major League history where both winners earned unanimous consensus. Those previous sweeps featured Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani in 2024 after Ronald Acuña Jr. and Ohtani accomplished the feat in 2023.

What to watch: Both award winners turn their attention toward offseason preparations ahead of the upcoming 2027 season.