Awards week wrapped up Thursday night with the Most Valuable Player announcement. Milwaukee’s Christian Yelich took home the NL’s MVP Award while Boston’s Mookie Betts won the AL honor. Atlanta’s Freddie Freeman finished fourth in the NL voting garnering eight third place votes from the writers. Ronald Acuna Jr. finished 12th while Nick Markakis also received votes.
SunTrust Park is among candidates to host the 2021 MLB All-Star game according MLB commissioner Rob Manfred.
Manfred said baseball is “going to have a very competitive list” of cities seeking the 2021 All-Star game.