The 2018 AL MVP results were announced on Thursday, and as expected the winner did not come from the Oakland A’s. However, of the 24 players who received votes, four A’s did make the cut. The last time there were that many green-and-gold names on the MVP list was 2002.
The league’s Most Valuable Player is determined by a panel of 30 writers from the BBWAA. Each voter submits 10 names, from first place down to 10th. The four A’s who received votes, in order of their final ranking (click here to see full results):
- 7th: Matt Chapman, 3B
- 8th: Khris Davis, DH
- 15th: Blake Treinen, RHP
- 20th: Jed Lowrie, 2B
Chapman led the way with a pair of 3rd-place nods (one from Susan Slusser, and the other from a Seattle writer), and he also appeared on every single ballot.