As expected, Javy Baez is not the National League MVP, but he *IS* the clear, solid runner-up for 2018, which is pretty much just as good. And Anthony Rizzo even got some down-the-ballot votes, which is always nice to see.
Here’s the full voting, where Jacob deGrom – ironically! – prevented Yelich from being unanimous:
Much love to Javy Baez on an MVP-caliber season, where he was certainly at least the MVP of the Cubs:
https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/1063210171437076487