The Houston Astros' Yordan Alvarez has been named the AL MVP. Like Pete Crow-Armstrong in the National League, the Astros slugger was the unanimous choice, garnering all 30 first-place votes over fellow finalists Junior Caminero of the Tampa Bay Rays and Bobby Witt Jr. of the Kansas City Royals.

But despite his dominant victory, Alvarez admitted he didn't seem all that convinced he was going to win the award. That made the moment he found out all the more powerful.

“It seems like everybody else had a good feeling I was going to win this besides me, really. So when I heard the name, that’s when the emotion came out. The feeling is amazing,” Alvarez said via an interpreter, per The Athletic's Chandler Rome.

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Alvarez came close to claiming the batting Triple Crown in the AL. He led the majors in hitting at .316, was tied for second in the AL with 42 home runs (one behind Pete Alonso), and was second again to Alonso with 106 RBIs. With those impressive numbers, Alvarez became the third unanimous AL MVP in the last four seasons.

After being a perennial MVP candidate in each of the previous three seasons, Alvarez had an injury hit 2025 campaign that saw him play just 48 games, hitting only six home runs with 27 RBIs. But the Astros star had a remarkable bounce-back campaign to post new career-highs in several categories, including home runs, walks, and batting average, among others. Now, he joins Jeff Bagwell and Jose Altuve as the only Astros to win MVP.