AL MVP

[navamind]

Rougned Odor, he of the 109 OPS+ and .304 OBP.

 

[NWPATSFAN]

Since there is and never has been a consensus of what the MVP really is or should be, I'm going homer. Papi at age 40 leading the league in many stats. Granted he's a DH and loses votes/points for that. But what a season for a 40 yo potential WS contending team.

 

[StanMarsh51]

Since there is and never has been a consensus of what the MVP really is or should be, I'm going homer. Papi at age 40 leading the league in many stats. Granted he's a DH and loses votes/points for that. But what a season for a 40 yo potential WS contending team.

The criteria can be debated all day long, but I think it's safe to say that Ortiz being 40 (or any age for that matter) should have no bearing on the award.

 

[soxfan1468927]

Since there is and never has been a consensus of what the MVP really is or should be, I'm going homer. Papi at age 40 leading the league in many stats. Granted he's a DH and loses votes/points for that. But what a season for a 40 yo potential WS contending team.

Great season. He shouldn't get MVP. I would say he's the 4th most valuable player on this team behind Betts, Pedroia, and Porcello.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

to you red sox fans,

Don't you think it will hurt all of your MVP caliber players that:

1. You have so many( Ortiz, Betts, Pedroia, Bogaertz, Bradley JR, and Ramirez)
2. Your team has scored 100 more runs than the 2nd best offense

 

[wood20ks]

Dozier

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Having a monster year.........

 

[wood20ks]

David Ortiz.........bad knees and all.

 

[soxfan1468927]

to you red sox fans,

Don't you think it will hurt all of your MVP caliber players that:

1. You have so many( Ortiz, Betts, Pedroia, Bogaertz, Bradley JR, and Ramirez)
2. Your team has scored 100 more runs than the 2nd best offense

1. That's a loose definition of MVP caliber, that's just a list of players having good to great years with one MVP caliber player in there. Donaldson won last year with Encarnacion and Bautista having great years.
2. Not really, Blue Jays scored 127 more runs than the second best offense last year

 

[MilkSpiller22]

1. That's a loose definition of MVP caliber, that's just a list of players having good to great years with one MVP caliber player in there. Donaldson won last year with Encarnacion and Bautista having great years.
2. Not really, Blue Jays scored 127 more runs than the second best offense last year

is it loose??? i have all of them being in my top 20 in offense ONLY... and when i do include defense some of them will get a pretty nice defense pickup...

 

[navamind]

I'm flattered you think that highly of Bogaerts/JBJ/Hanley in 2016, but no. Bogaerts isn't even in the top 75 in wRC+. JBJ and Hanley don't crack the top 30. Hanley's defense isn't an asset either.

 

[soxfan1468927]

is it loose??? i have all of them being in my top 20 in offense ONLY... and when i do include defense some of them will get a pretty nice defense pickup...

I would say you could make an argument for one other player being top 10 in MVP, so yeah I would say it's a loose definition of MLB caliber.

 

[navamind]

Betts is having a pretty rough September. It's been a pretty blah September for most AL MVP candidates in general, though Trout still has a 144 wRC+ this month. Still a down month by Trout's standards, which speaks measures of just how good he is.

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If Dozier was playing on a contending team, he'd probably be catapulting himself into serious MVP consideration with his ridiculous month (240 wRC+ and 9 HR in just 15 games). He's been scorching hot for a while now. Dozier leads MLB in WAR since the ASB, and it isn't close (4.2; Beltre's second at 3.2). He's hit 27 home runs in his last 60 games now.

 

[navamind]

Why Doesn’t Anyone Care About the Best Player in Baseball?

 

[Darth Dawkins]

Donaldson has a stupid fucking haircut, and I'm in the "no Canadian players for MVP" camp.

I'm confused. Donaldson is a Yanker. Was Walker, Morneau and Votto ok since they played on American teams?

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

I'm confused.

You can say that again.

 

[Omar 382]

I'm confused. Donaldson is a Yanker. Was Walker, Morneau and Votto ok since they played on American teams?

What?

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Now you've done it, Darth. The juice is loose.

 

[navamind]

Good ole Was Walker.