Darkstone42
Oh.
NL
MVP
1. Harper
2. Votto
3. McCutchen
Weird, but the clear three best players in the NL this season are all on teams who are going to miss the playoffs. Goldschmidt is third on this list, but I slid McCutchen in just a bit ahead of him because the game between their overall contributions is small enough to give McCutchen the nod for getting to the postseason.
But Harper and Votto are both having historically amazing seasons. That has to be acknowledged, I think.
Cy Young
1. Kershaw
2. Greinke
3. Arrieta
Kershaw is the best pitcher in the baseball, and while he started a little slow (mostly because of an unsustainably inflated HR/FB%), he's put together a run of dominance which, while Grienke has done about the same, is too much for me to overcome their histories. Arrieta has also been excellent, just not quite as excellent as the other two.
Also, there's a decent chance Kershaw notches 300 Ks this year.
AL
MVP
1. Donaldson
2. Trout
3. Machado
They're the three most talented and most complete players in the AL, and they're having the three best seasons in the AL. Donaldson and Trout have been much better than Machado (no fault of Machado's), but Donaldson has been a bit better than Trout.
Cy Young
1. Keuchel
2. Sale
3. Price
There is a really good chance Sale jumps Keuchel for me soon. The ERA is a little higher, but the dominance has been impressive. And Sale, like Kershaw, has a shot at 300 Ks.
MVP
1. Harper
2. Votto
3. McCutchen
Weird, but the clear three best players in the NL this season are all on teams who are going to miss the playoffs. Goldschmidt is third on this list, but I slid McCutchen in just a bit ahead of him because the game between their overall contributions is small enough to give McCutchen the nod for getting to the postseason.
But Harper and Votto are both having historically amazing seasons. That has to be acknowledged, I think.
Cy Young
1. Kershaw
2. Greinke
3. Arrieta
Kershaw is the best pitcher in the baseball, and while he started a little slow (mostly because of an unsustainably inflated HR/FB%), he's put together a run of dominance which, while Grienke has done about the same, is too much for me to overcome their histories. Arrieta has also been excellent, just not quite as excellent as the other two.
Also, there's a decent chance Kershaw notches 300 Ks this year.
AL
MVP
1. Donaldson
2. Trout
3. Machado
They're the three most talented and most complete players in the AL, and they're having the three best seasons in the AL. Donaldson and Trout have been much better than Machado (no fault of Machado's), but Donaldson has been a bit better than Trout.
Cy Young
1. Keuchel
2. Sale
3. Price
There is a really good chance Sale jumps Keuchel for me soon. The ERA is a little higher, but the dominance has been impressive. And Sale, like Kershaw, has a shot at 300 Ks.