MVP, give it to the guy that deserves it.

Wow, it has been a long time since I have posted here. Anyways, I am sitting here watching the ALCS, and I keep hearing all of this talk about Dustin Pedroia winning the MVP for the AL. I gotta say, this is puzzling to me.

Don't get me wrong, Pedroia is a very good player. He won the Rookie of the Year last year. But when was the last time someone won an MVP as a guy who isn't a power hitter and doesn't win the batting title? Pedroia had a fine season. .326 average, 213 hits, 118 runs. He had 83 RBI. And only 17 homers. But would the Red Sox still have made the playoffs without him? I am quite sure they would. That offense was not aenemic. They have a lot of pop. J.D. Drew looked like the guy who was supposed to be a superstar. They still have David Ortiz, and the Greek God of Walks, Kevin Youkilis quite frankly had a better year than Pedroia (.312/29/115). Is there anything to be said for a guy keeping his team (with an aenemic 0ffense) in the playoff race until the play-in game?

Justin Morneau deserves his second MVP award. Joe Mauer won the batting title, but he hit 9 home runs. Justin Morneau was second in the league in RBI (to Josh Hamilton who had the best year in the AL but played for a non-contending team). He was the guy opposing pitchers pitched around. The Twins would not have been within 10 games of first place without Morneau. He needs to win the award this year.

Sticking with the Eastern Award theme of this blog, since when does the first 5 months of the season not count? Ryan Howard should be the MVP because he was so good in August and September. NO. No he should not be the MVP. Have those people forgotten that he was not an all-star even though he lead the NL in homers and RBI at the break? Yeah because he was hitting near the mendoza line.

Why do the voters continually punish Albert Pujols for being so good? The guy hit .357 with 37 homers, 116 RBI, 100 runs, and a 104:54 BB:K ratio. Oh, and he did all of this with a bad elbow that has already required one surgery. He is the best player in baseball, and will go down as one of the greatest of all time. He has never been accused of using steroids, is a gold glove defender, and he is the sole reason the Cardinals contended for much of the season. Don't tell me Ryan Howard should be the MVP. I know you aren't that stupid.