OC Register: Angels’ Mike Trout a longshot to win MVP, likely headed for another near-miss

[kevinb]

20 hours ago, Lou said:

Betts should definitely get bonus points for hitting .210 in the postseason 

Forgot where the mvp race was determined in the playoffs. How’d Trout do when he got there that 1 time? How’d he do this year in the postseason?

[AngelsLakersFan]

I wouldn’t expect Trout to get much more than 1 or 2 first place votes.

[Docwaukee]

Mookie the MVP.  Well deserved.  

[Chuck]

 

 

[Pancake Bear]

Wow. The voters were a lot dumber than I expected. Trout barely beat out third/fourth place. Betts destroyed everyone. Despite Trout being better offensively and barely worse defensively.

Considering how many times he's been robbed of the MVP, he deserved better.

[T.G.]

5th???????

[kevinb]

Good day to be right. Betts was the right choice. 

[kevinb]

4 minutes ago, Sean-Regan said:

Wow. The voters were a lot dumber than I expected. Trout barely beat out third/fourth place. Betts destroyed everyone. Despite Trout being better offensively and barely worse defensively.

Considering how many times he's been robbed of the MVP, he deserved better.

You are right. He deserves better. He deserves a better team around him. 

[m0nkey]

Trout was comfortably in second place. 

[Taylor]

3 minutes ago, True Grich said:

5th???????

Jon Moronsi

[bloodbrother]

2012 and 2015 are the only legit times Trout was robbed of MVP imo. Miggy in 2013 and especially Betts this season had just as strong a case. This one was more of a slam dunk since Betts overall production was every bit as good as Trout's.

 

[Taylor]

I have no problem with Betts winning it, and don't think Trout was robbed.

But I have no doubt that Trout will be objectively better than Betts in 2019.

[kevinb]

Just now, Taylor said:

I have no problem with Betts winning it, and don't think Trout was robbed.

But I have no doubt that Trout will be objectively better than Betts in 2019.

Cool story bro. 

[Chuck]

5 minutes ago, True Grich said:

5th???????

[Chuck]

Just now, Kevinb said:

Cool story bro. 

? 

[kevinb]

Just now, Chuckster70 said:

? 

The 2019 season has absolutely nothing to do with the MVP this past season. 

[T.G.]

Morosi proves voter fraud is real.

[floplag]

5 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

I could see him not winning, but being behind 2 non finalists in Ramirez and Gregman?  Its stuff like this that hurts the integrity of the process and why people call shenanigans. 

[T.G.]

So... if the Marlins trade J.T. Realmuto can we all assume he'll be the 2019 MVP?

[Pancake Bear]

16 minutes ago, Taylor said:

Jon Moronsi

 

10 minutes ago, True Grich said:

Morosi proves voter fraud is real.

Moron couldn’t tie his own shoes without help. Being a writer doesn’t require the ability to think analytically. Dude shouldn’t vote if he’s that bad at it, and his record is pretty awful. 

[cez]

Mookie. Funny name. 

[Taylor]

1 minute ago, GOPSnowflakesHateCezero said:

Mookie. Funny name. 

Racist.

[Stradling]

44 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

? 

He’s being a, well you know.  

[Blarg]

5 hours ago, Sean-Regan said:

Wow. The voters were a lot dumber than I expected. Trout barely beat out third/fourth place. Betts destroyed everyone. Despite Trout being better offensively and barely worse defensively.

Considering how many times he's been robbed of the MVP, he deserved better.

Maybe he will win the He Deserves Better Award.

[Pancake Bear]

31 minutes ago, Blarg said:

Maybe he will win the He Deserves Better Award.

Considering MLB seems utterly unwilling to give him any other award, he’ll probably lose out on that, too. 

Hilarious considering how much trouble the league says they have marketing their stars. Trout never gets in-season recognition with weekly/monthly player selections. He gets dumped on by the players’ choice awards, the writers, umpires (gets awful calls more than most, as far as I can tell, although I can’t find any data that measures that), and the managers (GG voting). Trout is by a healthy distance the best player in the game and you’d think he was just another all-star. 

Analysts like to pat themselves on the back for the advances they’ve made, but in twenty years the next generation is going to wonder how the heck Mike Trout only won 2 MVP’s instead of 6 by the age of 27. It’s a freaking joke.