Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong has captured his first career National League MVP Award in a unanimous vote, dethroning Dodgers two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani. The 24-year-old became only the seventh player in MLB history to join the 40–40 club, blasting 45 home runs and swiping 41 bases alongside Gold Glove-caliber defense. While Ohtani’s campaign was derailed in July after knee, neck, and biceps injuries forced him off the pitching mound until 2027, Crow-Armstrong surged after May—turning the New York Mets’ 2021 trade of him for Javier Báez into one of baseball’s biggest front-office regrets.
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