Derek Jeter LOSES MVP to 3rd Best Player on Twins
For the second time in his career, Derek Jeter has lost the AL MVP to an unworthy winner. Justin Morneau was the 3rd best player on the Twins, and his election just shows you how baseball STUPID the BBWAA remains in this age of statistical enlightenment.
posted by Kalel9 @ 11:12 AM
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Rotoworld made the same point that you made:
Morneau gets AL MVP award
Justin Morneau was named AL MVP on Tuesday after receiving 15 of the 28 first-place votes.
Ridiculous. Derek Jeter came in second with 12 first-place votes and 306 points. Even though Morneau was, in reality, the third most valuable player on his team, he ranked in the top four on all 28 ballots cast by the writers, giving him 320 points. In third place was David Ortiz, who received 193 points. The rest of the top 10 included Frank Thomas (174), Jermaine Dye (156), Joe Mauer (116), Johan Santana (114), Travis Hafner (64), Vladimir Guerrero (46) and Carlos Guillen (34). Santana received the lone first-place vote not going to Morneau or Jeter, but seven voters left him off the ballot entirely. Morneau wins despite leading the league in no significant categories. He finished eighth in OPS and 10th once OPS is adjusted for ballpark, and since he did that as an average defensive first baseman with little value on the basepaths, he qualifies as perhaps the weakest MVP in decades.
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