To no surprise, the Arizona Diamondbacks star who received a ton of love in the 2026 National League Most Valuable Player voting was catcher Gabriel Moreno.

Moreno finds himself as the most-voted catcher on the ballot. He finished with 132 points, highlighted by a trio of third-place votes.

Seeing as the 26-year-old wasn't a finalist, it's incredible that he was able to warrant that type of attention.

Moreno ends the year with the sixth most points on the ballot, trailing the likes of Jacob Misiorowski, Elly De La Cruz, Brice Turang, Shohei Ohtani, and unanimous winner Pete Crow-Armstrong.

Roughly 24 hours ago, Moreno was named to the 2026 All-MLB First Team. It marked the first time he received such an honor, highlighting his incredible year, which also saw him become the NL batting champion and take home his second Gold Glove Award.

On Wednesday, Nov. 11, Eduardo Rodriguez appeared on the Cy Young Award ballot while Brandyn Garcia earned a few votes in the first-ever NL Reliever of the Year ballot.

That trend continued with Moreno receiving votes in the MVP race, though once again the D-backs came up short in terms of a major award.

Obviously, his stellar year was highlighted by the awards that he did win. All of these MVP votes can help salvage the sour taste still in his mouth after the D-backs missed out on the postseason once again.

As always, the MVP is a regular season award, but it's not like anyone expected to see Moreno so high in terms of votes coming into the year.

MVP voting is slightly different than the other categories as voters are asked to rank players through 10th place instead of the usual first- through fifth-place voting.

Moreno had three votes for third, fifth, and seventh place. He added six votes for both fourth and sixth place, and also had a pair of ninth- and 10th-place votes.

Altogether, that put him just 26 points shy of Misiorowski, who was the unanimous Cy Young Award winner.

The Venezuelan native captured his first batting title this season with a stellar .311 batting average. 

Coming off a year where he hit .285 in 83 games, it's clear the potential was there, but Moreno blossomed into a superstar during the 130 games he appeared in this season.

Overall, he slashed .311/.388/.486 with a .874 OPS. Moreno was a 6.7 WAR player, an astonishing number, given that he only accounted for 4.2 WAR in 2024 and 2025 combined.