Samuel Grus
9-3-13 7:31 pm
OWENSVILLE, MO-In 2013, the MVP is not much of a race, but you can still consider it a race between Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers, Chris Davis of the Baltimore Orioles, and finally Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels. Miguel Cabrera is having another Triple Crown like year once again. Chris Davis is having a break-out season that nobody saw coming. Mike Trout picked up right where he left off in 2012 after winning the Rookie of the Year. Truly there is only one right choice for the MVP, but we must dive into the numbers and do all that fun stuff.
Chris
(Crush) Davis has turned into an absolute monster at the dish in 2013. Davis is
batting .304 and smashing a whopping 46 home runs through 128 games played. Nobody
in the game of baseball really expected Davis to explode like he has in 2013.
Davis went from being a nobody in 2012, to someone you have to watch every at
bat because you do not know if he is going to take the opposing pitcher deep.
Baseball is considered to be past the steroid era. If Davis keeps his pace, he
could possibly hit the most home runs in the “clean era” since Ryan Howard and
his 58 round trippers in 2006. Davis looked like he might challenge Cabrera for
the MVP early in the season and around the All-Star break. Since then he has
cooled off slightly, only hitting nine homers and batting .257. Davis is still
valuable to the Orioles and their playoff push, ut unless he gets hot now there
no way he wins the MVP.
Mike
Trout is probably the definition of a five-tool-player. The man can flat out
run, hit for average, hit for power, field, and throw. Throughout his first two
seasons in the big leagues, he has used those tools to put him in the MVP
conversation once again. Trout is batting a solid .330, second only to Miguel
Cabrera. He has hit 22 home runs, swiped 28 bases, and drove in 80 runs in
2013. Mike Trout leads the league with a WAR (Wins Above Replacement) of 7.6.
Cabrera is second on that list with a 7.2 WAR. So yes, Trout is quite valuable
to the Angels, but is he more valuable than Miguel Cabrera? Sure he is valuable
to his third place Angels, but Cabrera is playing for what looks like a World
Series bound Detroit Tigers team. So unfortunately, Trout will more than likely
have to wait till Cabrera retires before he gets his MVP.
What can
you not say about Miguel Cabrera, he does everything right. There is truly no
way to pitch to him without him doing something to help his team. If you try to
pitch around him, he will let you just to help his teammate Prince Fielder. If
you are crazy and you do pitch to him he is probably going to hurt you. The man
can absolutely rake, no ifs, ands, or buts. It is hard not to just give him the
award already. He is batting .359, smashing 43 home runs, driving in 130, and
has an incredible 1.137 OPS. Cabrera is chasing an unthought of second Triple
Crown in a row. Nobody in the history of the game has ever done that, not even
Babe Ruth. I would say that Cabrera is the new age Ruth, but right now, Ruth
could not even reach these stats. So I’m just giving Cabrera the award, not
saying he has not earned it, but I’m just giving it to him.
And the
winner is... Miguel Cabrera! The man does everything perfectly. Not taking
anything away from the other two contenders but they don’t even come close to
Cabrera in 2013. Davis may lead in home runs, but Cabrera could catch him
possibly since he is only three behind. Trout is a great player right now,
however, is playing in the very large shadow of Cabrera, and it is very
difficult to get out of. If Cabrera keeps this pace for the rest of his career
he will probably go down as the greatest hitter of all-time.
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