Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is a finalist for his first National League MVP award after winning the AL honor twice, joined among the top three in NL voting by New York Mets shortstop ...

His fifth-place finish in AL MVP voting in 2018 somehow undersold how good he was as Bregman’s 7.9 fWAR ranked third in MLB behind only Mookie Betts and Mike Trout. In 2019 — a season in which ...