Washington Nationals’ slugger Juan Soto, 22, finished second in the voting for the 2021 NL MVP award last night, receiving six first place votes, 11 second-place votes, seven for third, two fourth, two fifth, one sixth, and one seventh place vote.
Soto ended up behind his former teammate, Bryce Harper, now of the Philadelphia Phillies, who won a second MVP award in his third season in Philly, after winning for the first time in D.C. in 2015.
Soto, who turned 23 in late October, finished the 2021 campaign ranked 1st in in the NL in on-base percentage (.