http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/22/david-ortizs-odds-of-being-al-mvp/ Bringing BP-quality analysis to Boston Mon, 20 Aug 2018 04:19:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/22/david-ortizs-odds-of-being-al-mvp/#comment-7940 Sun, 24 Jul 2016 21:15:19 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=5825#comment-7940 Baylor won it in 1979. Burroughs was a DH-like RFer who won in 1974. Both were back when “RBI leader on winner” was the def of MVP.

]]> http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/22/david-ortizs-odds-of-being-al-mvp/#comment-7890 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:20:49 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=5825#comment-7890 Trout isn’t going to win it this year because his team stinks. You can’t be the most valuable player in the league if your team is out of the running by the All-Star break. Even if you were the best hitter in the league. If they give it to Trout then they can just call it the Best Player award instead of the Most Valuable Player award. So that leaves Donaldson and, as, Walt implied, the question of whether he’s clearly the MVP of his team, three other members of which are all in the top 10 of one stat or another. And the DH thing which already cost him the 2007 MVP award. And Altuve if the Stros win the AL West or Machado if the Birds win the East. Maybe the votes will be scattered and split, which might help.

]]> http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/07/22/david-ortizs-odds-of-being-al-mvp/#comment-7887 Fri, 22 Jul 2016 14:07:36 +0000 http://boston.locals.baseballprospectus.com/?p=5825#comment-7887 Would love to see it, but no chance. Too many other good candidates, including on his own team, and he’s a DH.

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