Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich was announced Thursday as the winner of the 2018 National League Most Valuable Player award.
Milwaukee BrewersThank you @officialBBWAA for confirming what we already knew: @ChristianYelich is your 2018 NL MVP. #ThisIsMyCrew #ThisIsMyMVP https://t.co/E7rPC8y9Yq
MLBRaise a glass. ud83cudf7a @ChristianYelich is your 2018 National League MVP. https://t.co/jRXQ16TdhT
Yelich earned 29 of 30 first-place votes, and New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom earned the only other vote, per BBWAA.com. Chicago Cubs star Javier Baez was a distant second in the overall voting, while Nolan Arenado of the Colorado Rockies took third place.