Altuve cruises to win AL MVP
Not a month after hoisting the World Series trophy, Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve was voted the 2017 American League Most Valuable by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, beating out New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge and Jose Ramirez of the Cleveland Indians.
Altuve joins Jeff Bagwell as the only Astros to be named MVP, and the first to do so since the team moved to the American League for the 2013 season.
BBWAA Voting, AL MVP
| Name | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altuve | 27 | 3 | - | 405 |
| Judge | 2 | 27 | 1 | 279 |
| Ramirez | 1 | - | 22 | 237 |
Altuve nearly won in unanimous fashion after hitting .346/.410/.547 with 24 home runs, 112 runs scored, and 32 stolen bases across 153 games for the dominant Astros.
He's the first second baseman to win the MVP Award in either league since Dustin Pedroia did it in 2008.
Judge had a remarkable rookie campaign, blasting 52 home runs while hitting .284/.422/.627 and helping the Yankees come within a game of reaching the World Series. Judge led the American League in WAR (8.2) en route to being named Rookie of the Year.