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Yelich earns NL MVP over Arenado, Baez

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Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich was named the 2018 National League MVP on Thursday, beating out finalists Javier Baez and Nolan Arenado.

Yelich received 29 of 30 first-place votes.

"If I knew that was going to happen I would have been a lot less nervous than I was," Yelich said, according to MLB.com's Adam McCalvy.

PLAYER 1st 2nd 3rd POINTS
Christian Yelich 29 1 0 415
Javier Baez 0 19 4 250
Nolan Arenado 0 3 8 203

This is the fourth time a Brewers player has been honored as MVP. Yelich joins Ryan Braun (2011) and Robin Yount (1982, 1989).

Yelich is the ninth player - and second in the NL - to be named MVP in his first season with a team after being traded, according to the BBWAA. He was acquired from the Miami Marlins in January 2018.

The 26-year-old won the NL batting title in 2018 after hitting .326/.402/.598 with 36 home runs, 34 doubles, and 110 RBIs.

New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom, who finished fifth in the voting, received the other first-place nod.

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