The MVP = Most Valuable Player, which is awarded to the most active player this season in the major leagues, was announced, and Yankees Aaron Judge, who hit 62 home runs, was selected.
Shohei Otani of the Angels, who was one of the three finalists, came in second and did not win the MVP award for the second year in a row.
The Major League Baseball MVP is awarded to the best performing player in the regular season and is voted on by 30 reporters from the Baseball Writers Association of America.
The winner of this year was announced on the 17th, and the American League MVP was the Yankees judge who hit 62 home runs and broke the league record for the first time in 61 years.
In his fifth season in the major leagues, Otani showed historic success in pitching and batting following last season with 15 wins as a pitcher, an ERA of 2.33, 219 strikeouts, and 34 home runs and 95 RBIs as a batter. , He did not win the MVP award for the second consecutive year in second place after the judge player.
Of the 30 judges who voted, 28 voted for 1st place and the remaining 2 voted for 2nd place for a total of 410 points. Otani received 2 votes for 1st place and 28 votes for 2nd place I collected 280 points in total.
Alvarez of the Astros finished third in the American League with 232 points.
Meanwhile, the National League was won by Cardinals veteran Goldschmidt.
Goldschmidt had a batting average of 30%, 1 minute and 7 minutes, 35 home runs, and 115 RBIs. Although he did not win the title, he achieved high results in all three batting divisions, and became MVP for the first time at the age of 35.