So the Cleveland Indians haven’t had a legit MVP candidate since Travis Hafner’s awesomeness a few years ago.
If Grady Sizemore is healthy and this team can contend, he’d be up there.
But I can’t really make any Indians comparisons here, so let’s just get into the voting.
Here is the final award for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance award voting.
In a landslide, Zack Greinke took home the AL Cy Young Award. As if you didn’t see that coming.
The MVP voting is a different animal as we get ten slots. I’ll keep the remarks brief.
PS.. Despite my want, I did not put Franklin Gutierrez in my top ten. But you know I wanted to.
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10. Alex Rodriguez, NYY
Ugh… I didn’t want to, but the team did suck before he returned from an injury. I made peace with giving him a vote, but giving him the tenth place vote. You don’t think the writers do this kind of stuff?
9. Asdrubal Cabrera, CLE
What? I have ten votes, why not spend one on an Indian? This team would realistically suck even worse without Cabrera.
8. Miguel Cabrera, DET
Despite getting drunk and getting into an argument with his wife, he really was the Tigers core player on offense.
7. Bobby Abreau, LAA
You know this team really took on a different sort of identity with his addition. I’ll throw him a bone.
6. Aaron Hill, TOR
Dude went from having a concussion and possibly a lost career to being an absolute mammoth. And he’s some shrimp that plays second base? How does someone like him hit 36 home runs? Makes me think I’m almost good enough to make a minor league roster somewhere, anywhere. I love baseball.
5. Ben Zobrist, TB
I wouldn’t be surprised if this kid could play three-ways in football (my guess is QB, Safety and Kicker), be a successful two guard in basketball and make a mean left winger in hockey as well as play baseball.
4. Jason Bay, BOS
There was one point in the season that J-Bay was hitting everything insight and knocking in all the runners ahead of him.
3. Kendry Morales, LAA
Who saw this coming? Apparently the Angels as they had the balls to let Tex walk and replace him with this stud for a way cheaper price.
2. Mark Teixeira, NYY
Offensively and defensively he really changed the Yankees. Perhaps his offensive presence also has enabled A-Rod to be the jerk he has been in the playoffs.
His defense though has boosted that team way up.
1. Joe Mauer, MIN
I might riot if this guy doesn’t win the real MVP award. He missed a month and still managed to lead the free-world in average, OBP and hit his career high in home runs and RBI.
