Sure, but so did the fact that he was the starting ASG catcher, and had terrific numbers for a his position. Who was his closest competition? Joey Votto Yeah, Votto actually had slightly better numbers than Soto last year, but Soto put the numbers up at a typically offensive starved position where his numbers were some of the best in the majors whereas Votto's were par for the course at his position. That played a lot into it. If you go solely off numbers, Votto would've had Soto beat, but factor in defense and position and Soto was a no brainer I think you are giving the vast majority of people that vote on these sorts of things far too much credit Touche