Christian Yelich's outstanding debut season with the Milwaukee Brewers has ended with the outfield slugger winning the National League MVP award.
Yelich topped fellow finalists Nolan Arenado of the Colorado Rockies and Javier Baez of the Chicago Cubs when the winner was announced Thursday.
In his first season for Milwaukee, Yelich, 26, became the fourth player in Brewers history to win MVP honors. He joined Rollie Fingers (1981) and Robin Yount (1982 and 1989), who both won the award while Milwaukee played in the American League.