# Houston Astros designated hitter Yordan Alvarez wins AL MVP award after prodigious offensive season > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/2683345 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 3 outlets covering · First listed: Yahoo Sports, Nov 12, 2026, 7:22 PM · Read it: Yordan Alvarez, who led the AL in hitting and had 42 homers, joins Jeff Bagwell and Jose Altuve as Astros named league MVP. ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 12, 2026, 6:23 PM: [Astros DH Yordan Alvarez wins AL MVP after dominant offensive season]() — The Athletic (Sports, United States) Despite playing only 25 games in the field, Alvarez's excellence at the plate swayed the voters. - Nov 12, 2026, 6:44 PM: [Yordan Alvarez Wins His First AL MVP Award, Makes Astros History]() — Sports Illustrated (Sports, United States) Houston Astros superstar slugger Yordan Alvarez has won the AL MVP for the first time in his career. - Nov 12, 2026, 7:22 PM: [Houston Astros designated hitter Yordan Alvarez wins AL MVP award after prodigious offensive season]() — Yahoo Sports (Sports, United States) Yordan Alvarez, who led the AL in hitting and had 42 homers, joins Jeff Bagwell and Jose Altuve as Astros named league MVP.