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Originally Posted by Hanso
Yes, because MVP = Best player in the league. 
I can name 15 players that are better than Joey Votto right now in the MLB.
And that includes pitchers. FYI.
Bags was never one of the top 5 players in his era.
Griffey, Bonds, Johnson, Clemens, Gwynn, etc etc
Name a year in his career and I can tell you at least 5 better players at that point in time. |
It's not about being one of the best players in the game, or all that.
The letters MVP stand for MOST VALUABLE PLAYER.
Valuable to who?
To the team that player plays for.
So in terms of MVP, Joey Votto was the MOST VALUABLE PLAYER to the Cincinnati Reds, a team that had been a losing franchise for some time, until last year.
Just because you win the MVP, doesn't necessarily mean you are one of the Top 5 players in the game...and just because you are one of the Top 5 players in the game, doesn't necessarily mean you should be MVP.
How many MVP awards did Hank Aaron win? One. Yet he was the first guy to break Babe Ruth's all time Home Run mark (Ruth also won one MVP award).
Yet guys like Jimmy Rollins, Terry Pendleton, Jeff Kent and Willie McGee have also won MVP awards, yet they never were "Top 5 players" when they won the award. They just were the MOST VALUABLE PLAYER to their team.