Olive Township's Sam Bull Wins 2026 National League Most Valuable Player Award

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Awards week concludes as we announce the 2026 Most Valuable Player Award winners. All 6 Awards were voted on by the 14 Managers as 3 points were awarded for a 1st place vote, 2 points for a 2nd place vote, and 1 point for a 3rd place vote.

Congratulations to the National League Most Valuable Player Award winner, Sam Bull of the Olive Township Mechanics! Bull won an incredibly competitive vote over his Mechanics teammate Aiden Traxler who finished 2nd in the voting while the 2025 National League MVP Delvin Zinn finished in 3rd place. Bull received 6 1st place votes while having his name on 12/14 ballots.

After winning National League Rookie of the Year honors in 2022, many around the league knew that this day would arrive sooner rather than later as Bull has quickly blossomed into one of the top players in all of ORWBL. Now in his 5th year, Bull adds a National League MVP Award to an already impressive resume. He becomes the 2nd Mechanics player to be named National League MVP as he joins Aidan Cotter who won the Award back in 2017.

Bull finished 2026 as the National League leader in Batting Average, finishing the season hitting at a .560 clip. He also led the league in Runs Scored with 71 while finishing 2nd in RBI (78) and 5th in HR (47). He finished .51 percentage points higher than the the next best National League hitter which was actually his younger brother Wyatt Bull who had a fantastic year himself, garnering serious attention in the NL Comeback Player of the Year vote.

All in all, it was a memorable year for Bull who helped lead his Olive Township Mechanics to another fantastic regular season. Bull was once again named as a NL All Star started while he also ended up winning his 1st ORWBL Home Run Derby in a thrilling championship matchup vs. Ethan Bumgardner. After playoff series wins over Mishawaka and Twin Branch, the Mechanics picked up 2 wins in the NLCS as this ballclub was 1 win away from a trip to the World Series.

Bull's leadership and play on the field went hand and hand with the Mechanics success as Olive Township won 20+ games for the 2nd consecutive year. After bringing back the franchise ahead of the 2025 season, Bull has quickly transformed the Mechanics into a yearly World Series contender. After falling 1 game shy of a trip to the World Series, Olive Township has all of the talent to perform at an even higher level next year as this young group is only going to get better and better over the next few years.

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