The NL MVP winner will be announced at 2 while the AL MVP will be named tomorrow. This will be the thread for discussing the awards. NL MVP - Ryan Howard AL MVP - Justin Morneau
Ryan Howard, who led MLB in homers and RBIs, avoided a sophomore slump with authority, following up last year's Rookie of the Year campaign by winning this year's NL MVP.
You've gotta be fair to Morneau as well. Before he heated up the Twins were nothing; after they were the best team in baseball. Also he was arguably the most feared hitter in the AL after Ortiz.
Morneau's 10th in the AL in OPS+, and had a teammate who was 7th. That teammate is also a catcher that won the batting title, which is pretty impressive. He shouldn't win. If we're basing it on feared hitters, then Hafner should be the winner. If Howard can win it over Pujols, then Hafner can win it over these other guys.
Unbelievable. All baseball cares about is stats. This award needs to be renamed. Two days in a row the most valuable player of the league was robbed of the title. Disgusting.
Of course Ortiz gets screwed just because of the playoff standing of his team. If the Red Sox won the wild card Ortiz would of been a lock for MVP.
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2670876 NEW YORK -- Minnesota's Justin Morneau edged the New York Yankees' Derek Jeter to win the American League's Most Valuable Player Award on Tuesday. Morneau received 15 first-place votes, eight seconds, three thirds and two fourths for 320 points in voting by a panel of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Jeter got 12 firsts, 14 seconds, one fourth and one sixth for 306 points. The other first-place vote went to Twins pitcher Johan Santana, who was seventh overall with 114 points. The 14-point difference between Morneau and Jeter was the 16th closest overall and 10th closest in the AL since 1983. Morneau hit .321 with 34 homers and 130 RBI, helping the Twins win the AL Central for the fourth time in five years. Jeter batted .344 with 14 homers and 97 RBI, finishing three points behind the Twins' Joe Mauer, who became the first catcher to win an AL batting title. The only players other than Morneau and Jeter to be named on every ballot were Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz, who ranked third with 193 points, and Chicago White Sox right fielder Jermaine Dye, who was fifth with 156 points. Oakland Athletics DH Frank Thomas, who was on 26 ballots and had 174 points, was fourth. Rounding out the top 10 were Mauer, Cleveland Indians DH Travis Hafner, Los Angeles Angels right fielder Vladimir Guerrero and Detroit Tigers shortstop Carlos Guillen. In all, 33 players received votes. I'm surprised people didn't leave Ortiz off for their hatred of the DH rule.
It doesnt' make sense to me that there are two MVP candidates from the same team. Doesnt' that go against the whole MVP thinking?
I have never been so satisfied with a postseason award. Arod 1 Yankee MVP Jeter BIG FAT ZERO Who is the true Yankee now?
