SB Nation MVP Awards

by Tom Dakers on Nov 6, 2008 2:10 PM EST in Toronto Blue Jays News

American League	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Points
Dustin Pedroia	5	3	4	2	1	-	-	2	-	-	155
Joe Mauer	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	-	-	109
Grady Sizemore	5	2	-	-	1	1	-	1	2	-	106
Kevin Youkilis	2	-	2	3	1	4	-	1	2	-	98
Alex Rodriguez	2	1	4	-	4	-	-	-	1	1	96
Josh Hamilton	1	1	-	3	3	1	1	-	1	-	73
Justin Morneau	1	3	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	2	63
Carlos Quentin	-	-	2	2	-	2	2	2	2	-	58
Carlos Pena	-	1	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	31
Cliff Lee	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	24
Milton Bradley	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	2	2	23
Aubrey Huff	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	2	17
Roy Halladay	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	13
Miguel Cabrera	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	12
Evan Longoria	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	10
B. J. Upton	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
Ian Kinsler	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	8
Francisco Rodriguez	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	5
Alexei Ramirez	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4
Brian Roberts	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4
Vladimir Guerrero	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4
Jim Thome	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	4
Nick Markakis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Joe Nathan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Jermaine Dye	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

This is one of those rare years that there isn't really a clear obvious choice for AL MVP. As you can see Dustin Pedroia was the winner with a sizable lead over Joe Mauer in second. Grady Sizemore is third in the voting but had the same number of first place votes as Pedroia had, but he was left off a few people's ballots. I'm not sold on Pedroia as the winner but he's likely as good a choice as any, really any of the top handful would be equally as good a choice. Sizemore likely had as good a season as any but likely lost out because his time didn't do well this year.

In the interests of full disclosure, my first pick was Kevin Youkilis. My other choices made the top 9 of the vote. My one pick that didn't make the top ten was Vladimir Guerrero, who I was the only one to vote for. And I'm willing to admit I may have been wrong on that.

The only Jay to get votes was Doc and he is clearly the Jay's MVP. We could have a good debate on who should be second in the Jay's MVP list, I would lean towards Downs.

The NL List:

National League	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Points
Albert Pujols	13	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	218
Lance Berkman	1	2	3	4	1	1	4	-	1	-	113
Hanley Ramirez	-	4	1	3	2	-	1	1	1	-	86
David Wright	-	1	3	1	2	3	2	3	-	1	95
Chipper Jones	-	1	3	3	1	5	-	-	-	-	85
Ryan Howard	3	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	71
Chase Utley	-	1	1	1	4	2	2	-	2	1	71
Ryan Braun	-	-	1	3	-	2	1	1	2	1	51
Carlos Beltran	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	36
Manny Ramirez	-	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	27
Matt Holliday	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	4	-	24
CC Sabathia	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	23
Carlos Delgado	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	1	-	21
Aramis Ramirez	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	2	19
Ryan Ludwick	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	2	17
Jose Reyes	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	-	-	8
Brad Lidge	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
Carlos Lee	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	6
Pat Burrell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	4
Brian McCann	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	4
Prince Fielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	4
Stephen Drew	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3
Geovany Soto	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
Tim Lincecum	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2
Brian Giles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

Congratulations to the NL voters for picking the players that was clearly the best in spite of him not being on a team that finished in the playoffs. Beyond that I have no really opinion of the NL vote.

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How does...

Lincecum win the NL Cy Young but only get 1 9th place for for MVP where CC Sabatia doesn’t win Cy Young but gets two 2nds, 7th and 10th place votes for MVP?

by bunner on Nov 6, 2008 3:54 PM EST reply actions

Likely

the same ones that voted him first for the Cy Young were the same ones that gave him the MVP votes.

by Tom Dakers on Nov 6, 2008 11:58 PM EST up reply actions

I voted for Sizemore 1st

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Nov 6, 2008 11:59 PM EST reply actions

I respect that.

Three people left Mauer off their ballot entirely. That’s not much different from BPro’s Internet Baseball Awards, where Mauer got 27% of the first place votes, but was left off 27% of the ballots, allowing Pedroia to take the award. I actually don’t have a problem with Pedroia ahead of Mauer (it’s really damn close), but to leave him off 27% of the ballots is crazy.

Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.

by Sky Kalkman on Nov 8, 2008 12:29 PM EST up reply actions

I think that's strategic voting too.....

I don’t know….we complain….or I complain…about the writers votes and the voting for the gold gloves, but we don’t do a better job ourselves.

by Tom Dakers on Nov 8, 2008 4:22 PM EST up reply actions

yeah, I can't imagine leaving Mauer off the ballot

the same as leaving Doc off the Cy ballot. You can certainly make a case for having Lee ahead of Doc, but to think he wasn’t one of the 3 best in the AL this season is beyond crazy

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Nov 8, 2008 6:25 PM EST up reply actions