BBWAA: Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani won the American League MVP award unanimously, receiving all 30 first-place votes. Toronto Blue Jays’ slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. came in second with 29 second-place votes and a third-place one. It was an expected outcome given how dominant Ohtani was at the plate and on the mound, something that we’ve never seen at the MLB level in the modern era. Marcus Semien finished third.
For the fourth time in five years, a Yankee finished in the top four of the AL MVP vote. 2017 runner-up Aaron Judge followed commendable showings by DJ LeMahieu in 2019-20 to finish fourth in the 2021 voting with 171 points, topping out with three third-place ballots.