Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong and Astros' Yordan Alvarez win unanimous MVP awards

Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong was unanimously named the National League's Most Valuable Player on Thursday, the Baseball Writers' Association of America announced, while Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez was the unanimous American League winner. Both are first-time MVPs. Crow-Armstrong, 24, played all 162 games and hit .280 with 45 home runs, 107 RBIs, 119 runs and 41 stolen bases, becoming the seventh player in MLB history to hit 40 homers and steal 40 bases in a season. He also won his second Gold Glove. Alvarez batted a career-high .316 with 42 homers and 106 RBIs for the AL West champions, led the majors in batting average, and trailed Baltimore's Pete Alonso in homers (43) and RBIs (113). Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani, a four-time MVP who won the previous two NL awards, finished second after an injury-affected season. Through June 7 he was hitting .300 and was 6-2 with a 0.74 ERA over his first 10 starts.

The New York Post, the right-leaning outlet, leads with Ohtani, saying he was denied a fifth MVP and a chance to match Barry Bonds' four straight awards, and it details his early-season pitching and hitting numbers before his decline. Crow-Armstrong appears mainly as the "breakout" winner. The Guardian US, on the left, leads with both unanimous winners, listing Crow-Armstrong's and Alvarez's statistics, defensive metrics and a Craig Counsell quote, and mentions Ohtani not at all in its opening. Both sides agree on the unanimous vote and Ohtani's second-place finish. They differ in focus: the Post on a missed historic milestone, the Guardian on the winners' seasons. CBS Sports and Yahoo Sports add voting-system details and WAR, and call the result an upset.