SBN's AL MVP: Jose Bautista

by Travis G on Nov 10, 2011 1:00 PM EST in New York Yankees Analysis

Nope, it didn't go to our own Curtis Granderson, who led the league in runs and RBI, but instead to Toronto rightfielder Jose Bautista. Joey Bats got off to a torrid start, and while he cooled down in the second half, it still wasn't enough to dim his MVP star. He led the AL in homers (43), walks (132), slugging (.608), OPS (1.056) and OPS+ (181)*.

The rest of the top five in order: Jacoby Ellsbury, Miguel Cabrera, Grandy and Justin Verlander.

Aside/ I didn't vote for any pitchers because that's what the Cy Young Award is for. I know it doesn't say explicitly that MVP excludes pitchers, but since the CYA does exclude position players, I only think it's fair. If there was a single MVP award (and no CYA), I'd have voted for a handful of hurlers. There are quite possibly too many awards in MLB. Do we really need an MVP and CYA for both leagues? How about one MVP and one CYA for all MLB? Or just one MVP for each league? /Aside

* It's incredible to think that Babe Ruth, for his entire 22-year career (spanning 9000+ PA), posted a 206 OPS+.

Totals:

Num	Name	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Total
1	Jose Bautista	10	9	2	2							211
2	Jacoby Ellsbury	7	9	3	3							196
3	Miguel Cabrera	2	1	6	5	4	4	2				164
4	Curtis Granderson	1	2	5	5	2	5			1	1	143
5	Justin Verlander	3	3	4	2	3	1		1		1	130
6	Dustin Pedroia			1	3	4	2	4	1	2		86
7	Ian Kinsler			1	2	2	4	2	3	1	1	74
8	Adrian Gonzalez					2	2	5	1	5	2	57
9	Evan Longoria			2		2		2	3	3		51
10	Alex Gordon					2	2	1	1	1	2	33
11	Robinson Cano	1				1		1	2	2	2	32
12	Alex Avila						2	1	1	3	2	25
13	CC Sabathia							3	3	1	1	24
14	Ben Zobrist							2	3	1	4	23
15	Adrian Beltre				1	1		1		2	2	23
16	Michael Young					1	1		1			14
17	Mike Napoli				1		1					12
18	Paul Konerko								2			6
19	Jered Weaver								1		1	4
20	Elvis Andrus								1			3
21	James Shields										2	2
22	David Ortiz									1		2
23	Victor Martinez									1		2
24	Brett Gardner										1	1
25	Dan Haren										1	1
26	Mark Teixeira										1	1

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Who voted

for Teixeira?

by Dr. Copp on Nov 10, 2011 1:09 PM EST reply actions

who voted for Gardner

Romine Sucks , Jesus is better end of story

by 2xtheBully on Nov 10, 2011 1:47 PM EST up reply actions

haha thats awesome!

by jetanumba2 on Nov 10, 2011 2:39 PM EST up reply actions

I'd like to know which of you voted Robbie for 1st place too

It couldn’t have been a writer from another blog . . . could it?

The idiot formerly known as pkyankeefan! Now in Technicolour!

by Hasan Paliwala on Nov 10, 2011 4:41 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Jscape

voted for Grandy 1st and Gardy 10th. I can only reveal what he and I voted though. It’s up to the other managers to decide if they want to reveal their ballots. And it wasn’t me that voted for Tex 10th or Cano 1st (but they were both from the same person).

by Travis G on Nov 10, 2011 5:43 PM EST up reply actions

three things

Two related things on this point: “There are quite possibly too many awards in MLB”

1. I disagree. I’d be in favor of a Babe Ruth or Hank Aaron Award honoring just batters, and a Willie Mays or Brooks Robinson Award honoring the best fielder. Then an MVP award honoring the best player, taking hitting, pitching, baserunning, fielding, and whatever else, into account.

2. There are too many states nowadays. Please eliminate three. PS. I am not a crackpot.

Unrelated to those points, who the f-smoke thought Mark Teixeria was one of the 10 best players in the American League?

by long time listener on Nov 10, 2011 1:10 PM EST reply actions