New York-based baseball writer Ben Walker revealed the little-known fact that baseball’s MVP award is named for the sport’s first commissioner, who kept the game segregated. Former MVPs told Walker ...

Bill Plunkett, an Orange County Register reporter who has covered baseball for 23 years, said Ohtani’s unprecedented “50-50” feat would be a powerful ingredient in winning the MVP award.

Now that Shohei Ohtani is gone and has opened the door for a DH to win the MVP, Alvarez has a good chance. Since 2019, his debut season, Alvarez has been second in all of baseball with a 166 wRC+.