ESPN's SweetSpot bloggers have named Joey Votto their preseason MVP for the second consecutive year.
Votto collected 24 of the 47 first-place votes, with the other 23 distributed among nine different players.
After the Cincinnati Reds first baseman came Bryce Harper, Ryan Braun, Buster Posey, Andrew McCutchen, Jason Heyward, Matt Kemp, Justin Upton, Giancarlo Stanton and Adrian Gonzalez.