Coming into the 2025 season, both Cal Raleigh and Kyle Schwarber were both considered All-Star candidates, but no one would have put money on them to garner serious MVP consideration.

This year had some interesting names in this department. With the final votes tallied, here’s every player to earn exactly one MVP vote behind the winners. On the final ballot some players will finish with more “points” than others if their one vote came for a placement higher than 10th, but they all received one vote nonetheless.

This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! You’re my MVP. The game itself was largely uneventful. The AFC-leading Patriots — I’m still getting used to that — handled the cellar-dwelling Jets,

A Boston Red Sox World Series champion made history by joining the Savannah Bananas’ baseball league full time.

Who will win the AL and NL MVP award? We've known for hours thanks to BBWAA Vice President Bob Nightengale, who said who would win.

For the second straight season, New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge has been named the American League's Most Valuable Player. Judge beat out Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh and Cleveland Guardians third baseman José Ramírez for the award, the BBWAA announced Thursday night.