Alvarez, Crow-Armstrong win MVP Awards

Yordan Alvarez of the Houston Astros and Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs have been named the A.L. and N.L. Most Valuable Players, respectively. Each was a unanimous winner.

Finishing in second place in the American League was Junior Caminero of the Rays, who got 27 second place votes and three third place votes. Bobby Witt, Jr., narrowly edged out Cam Schlittler for third place, while Pete Alonso finished in fifth place.

Ezequiel Duran of the Texas Rangers appeared on two ballots — Sam Blum had him in 10th place on his ballot, and Evan Grant put him 9th.

As far as the more idiosyncratic votes go, Dillon Dingler of the Tigers appeared on two ballots, but one of those, by Adam Jude of…