Miguel Cabrera Wins the 2012 AL MVP

[Mitchrapp]

I heard a radio interviewer from ESPN that said a week left in the season he took a poll, 9 out of 10 GM or baseball personnel thought trought Trout should win but of players, 9 out of 10 went Miggy.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://deadspin.com/5961069/the-bas...source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
The Baseball Writers? New VP Pulled The Ol? Switcheroo With His American League MVP Vote.
deadspin

 

[byco42]

Cabrera was definitely worthy. Unlike, say, Zoilo Versailles in 1965.

 

[gotime909]

Tigers have 3 top 10 MVP finishers.

Wonder how many times a team has had 3 in the top 10?

Not that rare a feat at all. 6 times in the last 10 years it's happened in the AL.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.platoonadvantage.com/2012...ds-voting.html
The Not So Harsh Divide of the American Populace, or, The Electoral Breakdown of Postseason Awards Voting.
from the Platoon Advantage

Real Life and Electoral College Vote.

 

[tigersofjustice]

Nice to see Miggy finally get his. He's been dominant for a decade and it would have been unfortunate if he somehow lost this year. Credit to the voters. Trout just picked the wrong year. Last year he probably would have won. I heard Wojo on the radio on my way home from work and he said this would be like giving the MVP to someone else the year Bonds hit 72 home runs. You had to give it to the triple crown winner this year.

You really can't compare that year to this year for Cabrera. The year Bonds hit 72 home runs he had almost 13 WAR despite negative fielding and average baserunning. His offense alone at a premium offensive position was so good that he was miles better than the next best player. Miguel's season although great doesn't even compare to that season by Bonds offensively.

 

[Mitchrapp]

You really can' t compare that year to tmore year for Cabrera. The year Bonds hit 72 home runs he had almost 13 WAR despite negative fielding and average baserunning. His offense alone at a premium offensive position was so good that he was miles better than the next best player. Miguel's season although great doesn't even compare to that season by Bonds offensively.

Steroid to non-steroid it does. Nonetheless, I think he was comparing more about the HR record and TC. Things that don't happen everyday.

 

[manchild98]

Steroid to non-steroid it does. Nonetheless, I think he was comparing more about the HR record and TC. Things that don't happen everyday.

That is what I was doing. I wasn't comparing the players at all.

 

[mjsb2]

To suggest an award should be given to somebody based on the rarity of their achievement, rather than the value of their play is pretty lol.

 

[Mitchrapp]

To suggest an award should be given to somebody based on the rarity of their achievement, rather thanMvalue of their play is pretty lol.

I bet you didn't mean to say pretty. But this wasn't just solely on the TC more like a tie-breaking method voters used. "Miggy and Trout both had great years, hmm.who to vote for add in the TC, bam" type of conversation.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://twitter.com/tigers/status/271282047195172865/photo/1
Tigers' fans week of Thanks day 3. Back to Back MVP's.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.faketeams.com/2012/12/10/3745884/miguel-cabrera-the-best-and-its-not-close
Miguel Cabrera: The Best and it's not even Close.
from Roto Hardball

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.freep.com/article/201301...guel-cabrera?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Miguel Cabrera named King Tiger by Mayo Smith Society.
from the freep

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/01/detroit_tigers_third_baseman_m_2.html
Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera named 'King Tiger' for third time in five years.
from Mlive

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...abrera-named-King-Tiger-third-time-five-years
Miguel Cabrera named 'King Tiger' for third time in five years.
from the detnews

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/a...r_det&c_id=det
Miguel Cabrera named ‘King Tiger’ 2012 by Mayo Smith Society members.
Press Release from the Tigers official site

 

[kalinecountry]

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25564881&c_id=mlb
Webvideo Miggy honored by BBWAA.
Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera accepts both the Player of the Year and American League MVP awards at the BBWAA dinner in New York.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2013/02/detroit_tigers_miguel_cabrera_45.html
Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera puts TripleCrown/MVP season behind him, looks forward to 2013.
from Mlive

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...Famer-already-
Al Kaline says: Tigers' Miguel Cabrera 'is a Hall of Famer already'.
from the detnews

 

[kalinecountry]

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=895...goryid=2378529
Webvideo Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout sit down with TJ Quinn to talk about the MVP race and joke around.
from espn

 

[kalinecountry]

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2...t-vs-cabrera-mvp-debate-with-a-twist/related/
Revisiting Cabrera vs. trout MVP debate with a twist.
from nbchardballtalk

 

[kalinecountry]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/90...-espn-magazine
Handle with care: For such a big star, Miguel Cabrera is still baseball's biggest enigma.
from espn

Webvideo.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://opoutofleftfield.blogspot.com/2013/04/miggy-gets-his-own-salsa.html
Miggy gets his own salsa.
from the Oakland Press