Every Cubs player to be voted NL MVP

Back then, Javier Báez finished second behind Christian Yelich in the NL race, just two seasons after his teammate, Kris Bryant, became the most recent Cub to win NL MVP in 2016.

Now, Pete Crow-Armstrong -- Chicago’s defensive wunderkind fresh off the franchise’s first 40-40 season -- looks like the favorite to snap the Cubs’ decade-long MVP drought. Should he secure the award on Thursday, he’ll be joining some elite company.

Since the Baseball Writers' Association of America took over MVP voting in 1931, eight Cubs players have won the NL MVP Award, starting with one of the best catchers in franchise history:

1. Gabby Hartnett, 1935

By 1935, Harnett had already spent 13 seasons assembling a…