Today is the day: MVP voting

[ScottT]

Expected.  I was hoping he'd get a few more votes than last year because the voters were different, but it is clear that the writers haven't evolved much despite the guys on MLB Network that seem to have done so, including Rosenthal and Gammons.  I think Trout gets about 1/3 of the fan vote.

 

It's a shame.  The best player is the most valuable player and vice versa.  Hopefully, Trout gets the "benefit of the doubt" one or two years down the road.    

[Troll Daddy]

I would of been happy for him if he got the award. Him losing just keeps the fire in his belly and maybe the cost of dong business  a little less.

 

Personally, I would be ok with any of the top three winning. You guys are making way to big of a deal about this ... carry on

[CaliAngel]

cost of dong business

 

And you would know plenty about that.

[2002_halos_II]

Even the SandyEggo based UT predicted Cabrera would win Trout's MVP award for the 2nd year in a row  .  They NEVER report on the Angels here.

[Corona]

Goldy not getting a single first place vote is absurd.

[Mark68]

2nd place= $50,000 raise

3rd place= $1,000 raise

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

@Alden_Gonzalez: Full story on the day Mike Trout foresaw six weeks ago -- Miguel Cabrera, handily winning the AL MVP: http://t.co/eHFaOLImeW #Angels #Tigers

[m0nkey]

Cabrera said trout was the best player in the league in that article.  

Validation!

[Blarg]

So basically if there was no Cabrera Trout would have 2 MVP awards in the first 2 seasons of his career.

I'm sure Ted Williams felt that way about Joe DiMaggio from 1939 - 1942.

[Blarg]

Cabrera said trout was the best player in the league in that article.  

Validation!

Best player is not always the MVP.

[fatkook]

I'm sick and tired of reading all these tid-bit records MLB comes up with about Trout having the "most ever" by a rookie or sophmore player, having the "best ever" by a rookie or sophmore player, and continuous comparison to the best players who've ever been a part of the game. Because none of that crap matters if he continues to get snubbed by awards. Most voting points ever, who gives a crap?  It's like "Wow look what you did, Trout! Here's your pat on the back. Now we're going to go ahead and give the award to this other guy because he went to the playoffs..." It's freakin' ridiculous.

 

Not to mention Cabrera is literally no match to Trouts athleticism out in the field.

 

I also think the voters have the mentality that its "Cabrera's time" and that Trout will have plenty of time to get MVP awards, which I'm sure he will, but that's still a bullshit reason to continue giving awards to people who are simply not the Most Valuable.

 

EXACTLY!!!

[CaliAngel]

Best player is not always the MVP.

Not always, but in this case it is.

They just refuse to give the award to Trout.

[Stradling]

Hey guys I love Trout as much as the next guy but he lost the award to Cabrera who put up a triple crown season followed by another equally impressive season while playing for a very good team. It's not like we are sitting here talking about him losing to Davis this year. I agree that Trout was the better player but it's not like he got robbed horribly.

[YouthofToday]

Old, out of touch white news reporters for newspapers with circulations less than the the daily viewership of AngelsWin.com revolt against the audacity of their readers abandoning them in favor of better written baseball material in sites Ike this, Fangraphs and BP.

Old white newspaper reporters are modern day Luddites that history will not look kindly on.

We need to pool competent minds together and create awards to directly compete against the sheer aggregate madness of the BBWAA.

Edited November 15, 2013 by YouthofToday

[Troll Daddy]

You have to wonder if the Angels would of won more or less games in the past two years with a Cabrera team or a Trout team.

[m0nkey]

Mark Trumbo was the MVP of the Angels

[Mark68]

I'm OK with Cabrera winning this year. I was OK with him winning it last year, although many of the reasons cited were just stupid.

 

I'm not OK with Trout being 7th on anyone's ballot, however.

Edited November 15, 2013 by Mark68

[Troll Daddy]

Clearly a player has a better chance of winning the MVP award playing for a winning team. Most of the past winners have been offensive powerhouses.

[Adam]

You have to wonder if the Angels would of won more or less games in the past two years with a Cabrera team or a Trout team.

 

*would have

[nate]

The contraction would've would have worked as well.

[m0nkey]

A lot of intelligent comments at the bottom of this yahoo article

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mike-trout--baseball-s-best-player--deserved-mvp-once-again-over-miguel-cabrera-053640882.html

[Troll Daddy]

Players like McGuire, Bonds, and Sosa put baseball back on the map.

The average fan (who pay the bills) wants to see dominating pitching and offensive. They can care less about saber metrics or what a players WAR stat is.

You guys are not the average fan.

Edited November 15, 2013 by Troll Daddy

[nate]

We are discussing the metrics of swords now?

[tdawg87]

Players like McGuire, Bonds, and Sosa put baseball back on the map.

The average fan (who pay the bills) wants to see dominating pitching and offensive. They can care less about saber metrics or what a players WAR stat is.

You guys are not the average fan.

You were much better and funnier when you had some subtlety.

[Stradling]

He's right about whether or not we are average fans. Average fans don't spend hours a day on a baseball message board. Also the average fan probably wants to see more home runs and doesn't know what WAR is. Hell before AW I had never heard of WAR.