The case for each 2026 MLB MVP finalist

Thursday’s AL and NL Most Valuable Player announcements will likely bring something we haven’t seen in six years.

The Yankees’ Aaron Judge and/or the Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani have received MVP honors in each of the past five seasons. This year, Judge isn’t an AL MVP finalist. That distinction belongs to Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez, Rays superstar Junior Caminero and the Royals’ Bobby Witt Jr.,…