Bryce Harper capped off an emotional ride this season with the National League MVP while Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani was unanimously voted the American League MVP.
This is the second time the Phillies right fielder has taken home the Most Valuable Player honor, the first as a member of the Nationals in 2015. This season, he edged out Fernando Tatis Jr. and Juan Soto in what seemed to become a wide-open race in the NL.
Harper accumulated 17 of the 30 first-place votes from the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Soto took six first-place votes while Tatis Jr.