When Canada’s Joey Votto heard that he had narrowly lost out on the National League MVP award, the Cincinnati Reds star was more shocked than disappointed. Votto had 300 in the closest MVP ballot since 1979. The 28-year-old Stanton is just the sixth player to win the MVP award from a losing team and the first since Alex Rodriguez took the 2003 title with Texas. The last NL MVP from a losing team was Andre Dawson with the 1987 Chicago Cubs. Winning another one would have been cool but I lost in a very cool fashion.”

Source: thestar November 17, 2017 04:41 UTC