Pete Crow-Armstrong wins Baseball America's 2026 MLB Player of the Year award

Baseball America named Cubs centerfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong its 2026 MLB Player of the Year. It says he became the seventh member of the 40-homer, 40-steal club and led MLB in home runs (45) and runs (119). Baseball America later clarified that his league-leading 1.065 OPS covered June 1 onward; his full-season OPS was.943.