Canadian Joey Votto falls short of National League MVP award in close vote
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.
Not shocked at losing. Shocked at how close the vote was.
Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton was named the NL MVP Thursday night after receiving 302 total points in balloting by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Votto had 300 in the closest MVP ballot since 1979. Both players had 10 first-place votes.
“I just can’t believe how close it was,” Votto told media following the announcement on MLB Network. “Coming up two points short, you know, it’s so cool in a way coming up that short because most of the time it’s a landslide or it’s clear and this wasn’t that. I think that was one of the entertaining aspects of this.