Miguel Cabrera Wins The MVP. Of Course.
When Galileo said the earth revolved around the sun and everyone laughed at him, do you think he cared? No. Because he was like “I’m the smartest motherfucker on this round, spherical earth that revolves around the sun. I don’t care what all the dumb people say.” Well thats me this year with the MVP vote. I know what the right choice was. Just because a bunch of old ass voters said otherwise doesn’t mean anything.
Truth be told I got no problem with Miguel Cabrera winning the MVP. People think I hate him just because I was on Team Trout. For sure not. Any other year it woulda been a landslide victory for Miggy. It just so happens Mike Trout had one of the best seasons of all time. It also happens that I have a brain and understand the true value of baseball players. But hey! Whatever! I’ll wake up tomorrow on this flat planet earth that is the center of the universe which God created and it won’t be any skin off my back.
PS – I honestly think whoever named Sabermetrics “Sabermetrics” is to blame for the world of baseball being so behind the times. It sounds so nerdy and stupid that all the old dinosaur writers are like “saber-what! Whats this new fangled sabermetrics? Whats the internet?” and it makes them so against it. Shoulda just called it “Stats-that-take-everything-into-account-metrics.” Damn you, Bill James.
Galileo looks pissed, musta been on Team Trout too
Thankfully this mess is over and we can move on and discuss something else.
does everyone with a brain live with their parents and blog for a living? I guess im retarded
“It just so happens Mike Trout had one of the best seasons of all time.” Umm, so did Miguel Cabrera ya fuckin mongoloid.
cabrera won by a landslide, this blog puts you below neil on the totem pole
Miguel Cabrera is proof that no matter how much you drink or how hard you beat your wife, you can still be the best player in baseball…
Did Bobby V win manager of the year yet?
This season is not even Miggys best season. All he did was achieve a statistical rarity and benefit from the white sox choking
I don’t even know why this was a fucking question. When a player accomplishes something that hasn’t been done in 45 years and has only been done like 12 times in the history of the game, he deserves the MVP. Go back to writing about Lady Gaga and Judge Judy you fucking clown
^shut up KFC
kfc is right. mike trout had a better season. give me 30 thumbs down, doesnt mean shit to me. batting average, power, stolen bases, defense > average, power, dui’s, punching chicks
not one seinfeld reference? f
Literally the only way to argue that Miggy’s the MVP is if you completely discount all defense and baserunning ability.
KFC, you’re a dope, you been spouting about RA Dickey as being the best pitcher yet he was only tops in wins (the category least attributabal to a pitchers talent) He wasn’t first in Ks, Whip, ERA, WAR, etc.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-miguel-cabreras-2012-american-league-most-valuable-player-award-and-grant-award-mike-trout/JlbLMmkd?utm_source=wh.gov&utm_medium=shorturl&utm_campaign=shorturl
amen^
MVP has always been associated with team success. The Most Valuable Player is the reason his team does something in a given year. Just like Managers of the Year are not from last place teams. Also, how many fucking Angels games did you watch? Cross-eyed lazy fuck.
This is one the faggiest blogs I have read from you, Clancy. You sound like a 16-year old girl, with your “for sure not” and queerbait thoughts on who named sabermetrics. You need to stop fucking men and get back to trannies. We want the old KFC back. Homo.
not tryin to be the smartest motherfucker in the world but since you’re on some galileofag type shit I thought you should know the sabermetric argument supports trout
remember it’s Most Valuable Player, not Best Player of the Year
poor substitute for a world series ring if you ask me.
Great original post back on 10/2, but this sounds like the college freshman meme. “Reads FanGraphs Article: Pretends It Was His Own Idea”
so when you going to post about the knicks being 6-0 vs. irrelevant baseball awards to the city of new york?
if trout was more ‘valuable’ wouldnt have the angels made the playoffs. its not Most Best Player you plonker
PS: this is what half the alphabet would look like it Q and R were eliminated. God bless you Mitch, may you rest in piece, high as a kite of course
Props to that jacket. So tight.
Woulda been cool to see the South Jersey boy win MVP but I’m sure Trout will have his fair share when it’s all said and done
otwisted FTW. Just completely slammed the door on your argument with that comment.
If the White Sox beat the Royals and the Indians in the last 2 weeks of the season, Miggy would have not been MVP. Hope he thanked the Sox for choking.
Actually, otwisted is an idiot and most of you don’t know a god damn thing when it comes to baseball. Dickey was second in wins, second in ERA, first in K’s, and first in IP. There were other worthy candidates for the NL Cy Young for sure, but Dickey was a perfectly reasonable choice. And I hate the fucking Mets.
And if you think Migs was a more valuable player than Trout last season, you’re clearly a dipshit. There’s no sense in rehashing that argument. Just know that you’re wrong if you’re touting Migs.
I thought the northeast is where all the biggest baseball fans were?
Miggy WAR: 6.9 = World Series. Trout WAR: 10.7 = sittin on his couch watching the MVP in the playoffs. Neat sabermetrics. It’s a shame a Trout didn’t have a former MVP or perennial Cy young candidate to help him out at all.
salo is smart.
Anyone who says cabrera deserves it because he was on a better team is a flat out fucking idiot. Look at the standings. The Angels had a better record than the Tigers. Cabrera simply benefited from playing in a weaker division, thats it. Calling him “clutch” for that is one of the most brain dead arguments i’ve ever heard.
game on the line who would you rather pitch to, trout or cabrera? if you said cabrera you’re probably one of the retards who voted for obama as well. miggy is hands down the best and most feared hitter in the game. argument over
Miggy benefited from a set of two antiquated stats and putting up home runs. Trout ALSO had one of the greatest seasons of a center fielder in forever.
But that’s baseball.
i can’t believe all these fucking math dweebs still trying to argue their points about stolen bases and shit that’s relatively unimportant. here are some numbers: trout hit .286 in august and september (you know, when they were chasing a playoff spot) with less power, fewer stolen bases, lower OBP, worse everything. he also missed the month of april, meaning he was scorching for 3 months and came back to earth in the 2nd half, kind of like how every year, we see someone unexpected put up ‘the show’-type numbers then fizzle after the ASG. cabrera hit .344 with more power and RBIs during that stretch (his power numbers were actually beyond his pace for the season), and carried an extremely flawed team into the playoffs. he was more productive when it mattered, while trout was less productive (whether it be because his numbers were just unsustainable or because pitchers were starting to figure him out). what’s so valuable about someone who gets worse over the course of a season?
“It also happens that I have a brain and understand the true value of baseball players.”
You think the Mets have a chance at the beginning of every season so that statement is a fucking lie
Give Trout the WAR award. But the MVP from the beginning of baseball has gone to pretty much the leader in the Triple Crown Categories. Look back through every MVP winner and you’ll find they were essentially top 3 in 2 of the 3 categories.
You lead all 3 categories, you win the MVP.
Quit swimming up stream.
Aguado why are we still measuring players the same way we did 100 years ago?