Top MVP Candidates (8/7/12)

[JR on Sports]

Hi, I'm 15 and I'm new to this forum. I hope to add some sports insight to discussions. Anyways, top NL MVP candidates in my opinion
1. Andrew McCutchen .372 average, 23 homers, 69 RBI's
2. Ryan Braun .309 average 29 homers, 74 RBI's
3. Joey Votto .342 average, 14 homers, 49 RBI's
4. Carlos Beltran .286 average, 28 homers, 78 RBI's
5. Melky Cabrera .353 average 11 homers, 56 RBI's
Thanks for reading. I hope to create some good debates. BTW, I am a fan of all SF teams

[Jeffy25]

NL MVP, for me thus far?

1. Cutch
2. Votto
3. Braun
4. Holliday
5. Wright

Posey, Cabrera, Cargo, Ruiz, and Goldie are all very close (Ruiz only lower because he isn't likely to be back anytime soon to matter)

Kemp wouldn't be if the season were to end today, but he'll be back in time to get some serious consideration


As for the AL

1. Trout
2. Miggy
3. Justin Verlander
4. David Ortiz
5. Edwin Encarnacion


Then Willingham, Cano, Jackson, Hernandez are the next few

[xnick5757]

Edit: Its 448 am my brain isn't working

[Jeffy25]

To the OP, I am going to make this top MVP candidates, so we don't have two threads about each league

[Lakers+Giants]

I might get called a homer for this but I honestly believe it's
NL

1. McCutchen

2. Melky

AL

Trout. Simple as that.

[Capital G]

mccutchen in NL. would have been votto if he did not miss time. he could still get it if he comes back ballin' and the reds hold on.

trout in AL.

[Pinstripe power]

RA Dickey

[RTL]

McCutchen, Trout and by a big margin in my eyes.

[GrumpyOldMan]

Hi, I'm 15 and I'm new to this forum. I hope to add some sports insight to discussions. Anyways, top NL MVP candidates in my opinion
1. Andrew McCutchen .372 average, 23 homers, 69 RBI's
2. Ryan Braun .309 average 29 homers, 74 RBI's
3. Joey Votto .342 average, 14 homers, 49 RBI's
4. Carlos Beltran .286 average, 28 homers, 78 RBI's
5. Melky Cabrera .353 average 11 homers, 56 RBI's
Thanks for reading. I hope to create some good debates. BTW, I am a fan of all SF teams

Welcome to the forum. Nice to see a young baseball fan.
I like your list. McCutchen is having a huge year.

[Born a Brave]

McCutchen in the National League. Trout and Cabrera will finish in an incredibly close 1, 2 in the American League.

[MetsFanatic19]

NL MVP, for me thus far?

1. Cutch
2. Votto
3. Braun
4. Holliday
5. Wright

Posey, Cabrera, Cargo, Ruiz, and Goldie are all very close (Ruiz only lower because he isn't likely to be back anytime soon to matter)

Kemp wouldn't be if the season were to end today, but he'll be back in time to get some serious consideration


As for the AL

1. Trout
2. Miggy
3. Justin Verlander
4. David Ortiz
5. Edwin Encarnacion


Then Willingham, Cano, Jackson, Hernandez are the next few

this pretty much

[UPRock]

Posey has to be in the conversation.

[jej]

Cutch easily. Then Votto, and Braun. Although, if the Pirates don't make the playoffs, he may lose, much like Kemp did last year when he was better than Braun. That would be a travesty. Cutch has been amazing.

AL, probably Trouty. Next is Miggy.

[jej]

Posey has to be in the conversation.

No he doesn't. Not in the top 5. At least.
Cutch, Votto, Braun, Kemp, Holliday are all in a better spot to win.

[fadedmario]

NASA classified Miguel Cabrera's 454-foot blast Monday as an orbital satellite. His third home run in the past three games Tuesday didn't qualify as a moon shot, but it nonetheless warranted a memorable "Bull Durham" paraphrase that anything leaving the ball park that fast should have a stewardess aboard.

Soaring just as high is Cabrera's American League most valuable player candidacy.

He's clearly the August favorite.

Sorry, Mike Trout.

The Los Angeles Angels' 21-year-old Mantle-esque rookie isn't even close when considering that Cabrera ranks in the top three in eight significant offensive categories in the AL, in a season in which Cabrera voluntarily changed defensive positions, moving to the more demanding third base from first.

"I'll be surprised if he's not the MVP," said Alex Avila, following the Tigers' 10th straight home victory Tuesday. "I'll say this again. I've known Miguel for a long time. He's one of those guys that only come around once in a generation whose going to have his number retired on the wall out there."

Cabrera knocked home three of the Tigers' six runs in their 6-5 Jose Valverde-induced scare against the Yankees.

"Oh, man, there's no question that he's the MVP," Prince Fielder said of Cabrera. "You don't often see guys moving from first to third and their offensive numbers go even higher. I think people are realizing now how incredibly athletic he is to handle the change as smoothly as he has."

Cabrera downplays all the genuflecting. After he hit a walk-off home run in a wild 10th inning against Cleveland on Sunday, he brought Austin Jackson with him for the postgame tributes. He made sure that all realized that without Jackson's huge run-scoring hit, Cabrera never would've had the opportunity for igniting more fireworks.

The strongest argument made for Trout's MVP case is that the Angels' revival coincided with his elevation from the minors April 28. He deserves much credit. But it could also be argued that the Angels' ascension was as much the result of Albert Pujols' finally regaining his home-run stroke. Pujols didn't hit his first home run until May 6. He had 24 entering Tuesday night's game.

"He's a superstar," said manager Jim Leyland about Cabrera, "but I was just as pleased with how the others stepped up."

Yankees starter Phil Hughes' last appearance at Comerica Park, a four-hit complete-game victory June 3, characterized the symbolic low point of the season's first half. Leyland was livid afterward, openly challenging his hitters' plate discipline. Leyland correctly assessed that the Tigers made it too easy for Hughes.

It was the polar opposite in Hughes' return to the Comerica rubber.

He threw 123 pitches in that complete game. Hughes reached the century mark in the fifth inning this time. His 102nd and final pitch was a hopelessly hanging curve that Cabrera rocketed off the leftfield wall for a two-run double.

But it was the prior inning -- immediately following Cabrera's solo shot -- that not only spelled inevitable doom for Hughes, but showed how the Tigers weren't the passive pushovers Hughes faced in June.

They grinded out at-bats, stretched out hitting counts and aggressively seized upon Hughes' mistakes.

Leyland had no gripes this time.

It certainly helps when you've got the best hitter in the game as your No. 3 hitter, and it should only be a question of time before he's also acknowledged as the game's most valuable this season.

http://www.freep.com/article/2012080...oit-tigers-mvp

Buster Olney on Cabrera today -

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:8246624

Trout has some competition.