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For the MVP voting, we’ve slightly amended the traditional points system in place that has been used elsewhere, dropping fourth- and fifth-place votes to make it 10-7-5 for the MVP Award, and the regular 5-3-1 for the Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, and Manager of the Year Awards (that’s 5 points for a first-place vote, 3 points for a second-place vote, etc.). Next to each of these selections we’ve listed the total number of ballots, followed by the total number of points, and then the number of first-place votes in parentheses, if any were received.
American League
MVP
Mike Trout, Angels, 29, 287 (28)
Miguel Cabrera, Tigers, 28, 195 (1)
Robinson Cano, Yankees, 19, 96
Cy Young
Justin Verlander, Tigers, 28, 136 (26)
David Price, Rays, 21, 49 (2)
Felix Hernandez, Mariners, 21, 44
Rookie of the Year
Mike Trout, Angels, 29, 145 (29)
Yu Darvish, Rangers, 24, 55
Yoenis Cespedes, Athletics, 27, 52
Manager of the Year
Buck Showalter, Orioles, 22, 100 (17)
Bob Melvin, Athletics, 24, 78 (6)
Robin Ventura, White Sox, 15, 21
National League
MVP
Buster Posey, Giants, 28, 258 (22)
Ryan Braun, Brewers, 27, 189 (5)
Andrew McCutchen, Pirates, 21, 130 (1)
Cy Young
R.A. Dickey, Mets, 22, 94 (17)
Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers, 26, 87 (8)
Gio Gonzalez, Nationals, 18, 46 (4)
Rookie of the Year
Bryce Harper, Nationals, 28, 139 (23)
Wade Miley, Diamondbacks, 23, 68 (3)
Todd Frazier, Reds, 17, 27
Manager of the Year
Davey Johnson, Nationals, 23, 99 (18)
Bruce Bochy, Giants, 10, 32 (3)
Dusty Baker, Reds, 13, 31 (1)
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1. Yastrzemski in left. Posted: October 04, 2012 at 05:05 PM (#4254549)Russell A. Carlton voted Trout-Verlander-Cano.
I had not looked at all the numbers in about a month or so, and was surprised to see that Posey had moved from very close to over and above the leading favorite for MVP in the national league. He frickin tore up september.
Yep, and considering that the narrative is that September is worth more than the other months, he should win pretty easily. If it wasn't for May, he would have had a really great year.(He had a great year of course, but he hit .253/.311/.368/.680 in May and that, along with his June ops of .830 were the only months he posted below 1.000 ops) Hit over .360 in August, July, Sept/Oct. Posted a .385/.456/.646/1.102 in the second half... I don't think there really is a debate as to who deserves it, and I think the top four most deserving is obvious, it's mostly about how much of a hit Braun is going to take for roiding and how much voters are willing to credit for making the post season or not.
Pizza Cutter, in sabermetric parlance.
I think Verlander, Cano, Beltre, and Cabrera are all pretty close.
Man, I swear Cano had just 7 bWAR when I looked a few days ago, now he's got 8.2!
Hitting .615/.628/1.026 over his last 43 PA probably helped the ol' WAR out.
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