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Win.

I love those unis...they scream Tony Gwynn

Hanley Ramirez Yasiel Puig

And rroy, whether you want to admit it or not your perspective is skewed because you are a Tigers fan. I can see why you would naturally want Miggy to win the award.

Hmm, I'm pretty sure the MVP is an individual award. Somehow it's Trout's fault that the Angels rotation includes... Jerome Williams Joe Blanton Tommy Hanson And the fact that Pujols (hampered by injuries) and Hamilton have had their worst statistical seasons to date, should further hurt Trout's case at an MVP? Asinine.

If the award in debate here was Most Valuable Hitter, Cabrera takes the cake. But it's not. Cabrera is statistically the worst defensive player at his position in the Major Leagues (according to UZR he has cost the Tigers 11.1 runs this year), with absolutely no range, and on the basepaths, one of the slowest. Basically, he hurts his team in a rather substantial way when he's not at the plate. And regarding the Triple Crown, I'll just have to quote Keith Law. This is begging the question: It assumes that the Triple Crown is an accurate measure of value, which it's not. Here's a short list of important factors not covered by the Triple Crown categories: Walks, the added value of doubles and triples, stolen bases, other aspects of baserunning, defensive value, positional value, park effects -- in other words, huge swaths of the game that are completely ignored. Triple Crown is cute, but there's something very arbitrary and dated about its categories, an anachronistic way to look at the game that is wildly out of tune with how front offices look at players today. Once you realize, as you must, that a player who wins the Triple Crown has not necessarily delivered the most value, this argument evaporates. I haven't even gotten into the offensive, defensive, and baserunning metrics with Trout as I am pressed for time but this should do for now. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/happy-22nd-birthday-mike-trout-2/

If Miguel Cabrera wins the MVP award over Trout again this year I'm going to lose my mind.

Don't know if there are any other Santigold fans here but I made this banner for the channel art on my YouTube page

A couple weeks ago this dynasty ended as I was unable to start any games due to crashing, but it's okay because with the fabulous MVP 13 mod out I can delve into something fresh to present. Stay tuned.

Probables for April 15th, 2013

Probables for April 14th, 2013

Probables for April 13th, 2013

Puig looks fantastic