Here's the case for each MVP Award finalist (MLB Network, 7 p.m. ET)

Thursday's AL and NL Most Valuable Player announcements will likely bring something we haven't seen in six years.

The Yankees' Aaron Judge and/or the Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani have received MVP honors in each of the past five seasons. This year, Judge isn't an AL MVP finalist. That distinction belongs to Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez, Rays superstar Junior Caminero and the Royals' Bobby Witt Jr., who will finish inside the top four in MVP voting for a third straight year.

Ohtani is up to take home the fifth MVP trophy of his career and his third in three seasons with the Dodgers, but the NL competition is extremely tough. Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong seems like the favorite after his…