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Cardinals’ Goldschmidt wins NL MVP award

NEW YORK (AP) Paul Goldschmidt of the St. Louis Cardinals has won the National League MVP award, taking the coveted trophy for the first time after a couple of close calls earlier in his career. The first baseman received 22 of 30 first-place votes and eight seconds for 380 points from a Baseball Writers’ Association of America panel. San Diego third baseman Manny Machado finished second with 291 points after getting seven first-place votes. Goldschmidt’s teammate with the NL Central champion Cardinals, third baseman Nolan Arenado, came in third. The 35-year-old Goldschmidt batted .317 with 35 home runs, 115 RBIs and a league-leading .981 OPS this season. The seven-time All-Star was runner-up for NL MVP in 2013 and 2015, then finished third in 2017 all with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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