NL MVP

[BuckeyeCub]

Who do you think deserves to win the NL MVP award? Ryan Howard or Albert Pujols? I personally would give the award to Howard just to stick it to Pujols because of his complaining in 2006 that MVP's should only be on playoff teams. If you're going to complain about the system because you lose, then you should also lose because of that system you complained about. If I was a writer and had a vote, I would not vote for Pujols because of his comments

[JimSorgi]

It doesn't matter what Pujols said. He's still been a lot better than Howard. If you vote for Howard, I really don't think you know much about baseball. Howard hasn't even been his own team's MVP.

 

Wait, why is Howard even being considered? He has a 34.6 VORP, that's good for 30th in the NL.

[Schwarber Fan]

Who should win? Pujols.

Who will? Howard.

[Derwood]

why are these the two choices? I would vote for Pujols, Berkman, Wright, Utley and maybe A-Ram over Howard

[Ding Dong Johnson]

who the hell voted for Howard? explain yourself

[Guest]

It's Pujols and it shouldn't even be close.

 

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   PA   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
2008 28 STL NL 146  634  518   99  185  43  0  36  114   7  3 103  53  .357  .462  .649  189  336   0   8  33   5  15
2008 28 PHI NL 160  695  605  103  151  26  4  48  146   1  1  81 198  .250  .338  .544  122  329   0   6  17   3  11

 

That's right. Pujols' BA is 19 points higher than Howard's OBP this year.

 

Pujols by month

 I Split         G   GS  PA  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB IBB  SO HBP  SH  SF ROE GDP  SB CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  BAbip sOPS+ tOPS+ Split
+-+------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------------+
  April/March   29  28 128  96  17  35  7  0  5  20  30   8   7   2   0   0   1   2   2  0  .365  .523  .594 1.117  .357   206   105 April/March  
  May           27  27 119 102  19  38  7  0  9  17  16   6  12   0   0   1   0   2   0  1  .373  .454  .706 1.160  .354   212   107 May          
  June          14  12  54  43   7  13  2  0  3  10  10   6   6   1   0   0   0   0   0  0  .302  .444  .558 1.003  .294   167    82 June         
  July          27  26 121 101  22  35 10  0  4  20  14   6  10   1   0   5   0   3   3  0  .347  .413  .564  .978  .337   155    76 July         
  August        26  26 116  98  18  39 10  0  8  22  17   4  12   1   0   0   0   2   1  1  .398  .491  .745 1.236  .397   222   121 August       
  Sept/Oct      23  22  96  78  16  25  7  0  7  25  16   3   6   0   0   2   0   6   1  1  .321  .427  .679 1.107  .269   186    97 Sept/Oct     

 

Howard by month

 I Split         G   GS  PA  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB IBB  SO HBP  SH  SF ROE GDP  SB CS   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  BAbip sOPS+ tOPS+ Split
+-+------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------------+
  April/March   28  26 118  99  13  17  2  0  5  12  18   6  38   0   0   1   1   1   0  0  .172  .297  .343  .640  .211    75    51 April/March  
  May           29  28 125 105  28  25  5  1 10  30  18   1  40   0   0   2   0   0   0  0  .238  .344  .590  .934  .263   150   110 May          
  June          26  26 115 107  10  25  5  1  5  26   6   1  36   2   0   0   0   4   1  0  .234  .287  .439  .726  .303    92    66 June         
  July          25  25 112 103  16  32  1  0 10  27   8   2  28   1   0   0   0   3   0  0  .311  .366  .612  .978  .338   153   121 July         
  August        29  29 128 108  12  23  6  0  7  19  19   3  36   0   0   1   0   1   0  1  .213  .328  .463  .791  .242   107    82 August       
  Sept/Oct      23  23  97  83  24  29  7  2 11  32  12   4  20   0   0   2   1   2   0  0  .349  .423  .880 1.302  .333   232   187 Sept/Oct     

 

Howard sucked for three months out of the year and Pujols' OPS in his worst month (July) was the same as Howard's second best month (also July).

[manbearcub]

I had to break a tie. Im embarrassed.

[17 Seconds]

Is Ryan Howard even top 10?

[Derwood]

Tim Kurkjian said that if Howard were to win the MVP, he'd have the lowest batting average of any winner since the 1940's or thereabouts.

[rawaction]

Should go:

 

Pujols

Hanley Ramirez

Soto

Berkman

Ludwick

 

 

Will go:

 

Howard

Delgado

Pujols

Wright

H Ramirez