Upon an MVP

Its been a while....

So how does a player who is clearly the third best (and using the transitive property- the third most valuable) win the Most Valuable player award?

Alex Rodriguez won over David Ortiz in 2005 because he was a position player. But the offensive numbers were thisclose. In the few statistical categories in which Morneau had an advantage over Jeter, he was still not the league leader.

I am admittedly biased, but being the best player on the Yankees all year HAS to trump being the 3rd best on the Twins.

Upon an MVP

Its been a while....

So how does a player who is clearly the third best (and using the transitive property- the third most valuable) win the Most Valuable player award?

Alex Rodriguez won over David Ortiz in 2005 because he was a position player. But the offensive numbers were thisclose. In the few statistical categories in which Morneau had an advantage over Jeter, he was still not the league leader.

I am admittedly biased, but being the best player on the Yankees all year HAS to trump being the 3rd best on the Twins.