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New York — Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout overcame injury and tragedy to win his third American League MVP award.
Trout got 17 of 30 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America revealed Thursday. Alex Bregman of the Houston Astros was second with the other 13 first-place votes. Brother Rice alum D.J. LeMahieu, of the Yankees, finished fourth in the voting.
Dodgers slugger Cody Bellinger made it an L.A. sweep, beating out the Milwaukee Brewers’ Christian Yelich for the NL prize. Bellinger got 19 of 30 first-place votes, Yelich got 10, and Washington’s Anthony Rendon got one while finishing third.