Below are point totals for the balloting, as voted on by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Ballots were submitted from two writers in every NL city before the start of the postseason.
The system rewards 14 points for first place, nine for second place, eight for third place, and so on, through one point for 10th place.
1. Christian Yelich, Brewers: 415 points (29 first-place votes)
2. Javier Baez, Cubs: 250
3. Nolan Arenado, Rockies: 203
4. Freddie Freeman, Braves: 174
5. Jacob deGrom, Mets: 141 (1 first-place vote)
6. Paul Goldschmidt, D-backs: 115
7. Lorenzo Cain, Brewers: 109
8. Trevor Story, Rockies: 108
9. Matt Carpenter, Cardinals: 105
10. Max Scherzer, Nationals: 59 
11. Anthony Rendon, Nationals: 21
12. Ronald Acuna Jr., Braves: 19
13. Aaron Nola, Phillies: 16
14. Justin Turner, Dodgers: 10
15. Player Page for Max Muncy, Dodgers: 8
16. Jesus Aguilar, Brewers: 7
17. Anthony Rizzo, Cubs: 6
t-18. Nick Markakis, Braves: 2
t-18. Eugenio Suarez, Reds: 2