AL MVP - Dustin Pedroia

[BosnianBaller_]

can you say overrated just for playing in Boston. I think Morneau deserved the award more and had the better season. i think quentin might have won it if he had not had the injury at the end of the season

[Fish Dynasty]

Nah, there were some other players who were also deserving, but he had a good case to win it.

[Erick]

I don't even think Pedroia was the MVP on his own team.

[PitchingWinsGames]

Mauer

[Puma]

Youkilis

[Fish Dynasty]

I don't even think Pedroia was the MVP on his own team.

 

 

J.D. Drew might have been a good choice. :mischief

[dim]

Funny, this season not a single AL player stood out as a real MVP. If Longoria wasn't a rookie I bet you he would've won the award. I believe Pedroia deserves this award simply because nobody else did anything to warrant winning the award (Quentin did but sadly the injury prevented him from winning)

[Erick]

I don't even think Pedroia was the MVP on his own team.

 

 

J.D. Drew might have been a good choice. :mischief

 

 

I was talking about Youkilis.

[Fish Dynasty]

I don't even think Pedroia was the MVP on his own team.

 

 

J.D. Drew might have been a good choice. :mischief

 

 

I was talking about Youkilis.

 

 

Was being sarcastic. (Drew is an FSU alum).

[El Guapo]

I can't stand the Sox's but i really like the way this kid plays....

[FutureGM]

Second year in a row a really odd choice was made for an MVP (Jimmy Rollins last year was the other).

[PitchingWinsGames]

Funny, this season not a single AL player stood out as a real MVP. If Longoria wasn't a rookie I bet you he would've won the award. I believe Pedroia deserves this award simply because nobody else did anything to warrant winning the award (Quentin did but sadly the injury prevented him from winning)

 

Mauer

[dim]

Funny, this season not a single AL player stood out as a real MVP. If Longoria wasn't a rookie I bet you he would've won the award. I believe Pedroia deserves this award simply because nobody else did anything to warrant winning the award (Quentin did but sadly the injury prevented him from winning)

 

Mauer

 

 

Mauer had a good season, but catchers go very under the radar.

[PitchingWinsGames]

Funny, this season not a single AL player stood out as a real MVP. If Longoria wasn't a rookie I bet you he would've won the award. I believe Pedroia deserves this award simply because nobody else did anything to warrant winning the award (Quentin did but sadly the injury prevented him from winning)

 

Mauer

 

 

Mauer had a good season, but catchers go very under the radar.

 

That's not what you said - you said nobody else warranted winning the award. Very clearly, Quentin and Mauer did... very much so. Definitely over Dustin "Derek Jeter 2.0" Pedroia

[The_Godfather]

Was not the best player on his own team (and it's not even close), let alone the entire AL, but hey..glad to see a Portie win the MVP.

 

If he is a normal sized guy though, he doesn't win.

[Rabbethan]

I still think, despite the late injury, that Quentin should have won it. He qualified for the batting title, not sure why he shouldn't qualify for the MVP.

[PitchingWinsGames]

Just so I can do an Amezaga dance:

 

Mauer/Pedroia

 

WPA 4.88/3.29

EQA .324/.306

WARP3 11.8/10.4

OPS+ 137/122

Win Shares 30/26

 

Really, it's not even a debate

[Puma]

But Pedroia has all the intangibles

 

1) He's gritty

 

2) He's a team player

 

3) He's clutch

 

These are the types of qualities that win MVP awards. He definitely deserves it.

[FutureGM]

Just so I can do an Amezaga dance:

 

Mauer/Pedroia

 

WPA 4.88/3.29

EQA .324/.306

WARP3 11.8/10.4

OPS+ 137/122

Win Shares 30/26

 

Really, it's not even a debate

I sincerely doubt that the MVP voters take any of those stats into consideration when making a choice.

[mountainfish]

But Pedroia has all the intangibles

 

1) He's gritty

 

2) He's a team player

 

3) He's clutch

 

These are the types of qualities that win MVP awards. He definitely deserves it.

 

He would not have won if he played in any other market. That's the intangible.

[dim]

Just so I can do an Amezaga dance:

 

Mauer/Pedroia

 

WPA 4.88/3.29

EQA .324/.306

WARP3 11.8/10.4

OPS+ 137/122

Win Shares 30/26

 

Really, it's not even a debate

I sincerely doubt that the MVP voters take any of those stats into consideration when making a choice.

 

 

agreed, MVP voters look at whether the team was in the playoffs, and the main stats, such as OPS, BA, HR's and RBI's as well as runs scored and SB's. Defense doesn't seem to matter in the MVP discussion

[PitchingWinsGames]

Just so I can do an Amezaga dance:

 

Mauer/Pedroia

 

WPA 4.88/3.29

EQA .324/.306

WARP3 11.8/10.4

OPS+ 137/122

Win Shares 30/26

 

Really, it's not even a debate

I sincerely doubt that the MVP voters take any of those stats into consideration when making a choice.

 

Of course they didn't/wouldn't... doesn't mean that Pedroia still shouldn't be easily pegged below Mauer

[Iowa]

Lackluster competition... Quentin gets the dumbass award for breaking his own hand otherwise he would have gotten my vote.

[Rabbethan]

But Pedroia has all the intangibles

 

1) He's gritty

Unlike this heartless prettyboy.

 

 

2) He's a team player

Unlike Youkilis, who refused to move to 1st base to accommodate Mike Lowell and refused to move back after Lowell got injured.

 

Wait, he did what?

 

3) He's clutch

Which is why he hit .307/.365/.466 with RISP, unlike Youkilis, who only hit .374/.445/.646 with RISP.

 

 

This extremely sarcastic post to my buddy Puma was just my way of saying that Pedrioa wasn't his team MVP, much less the league MVP.

[PitchingWinsGames]

the BBWAA sucks