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Reply to "Poll - Trout, Cabrera or other for AL MVP"

Count me with JH and Three Bagger on this one.

Winning the Triple Crown is a historic and even infamous accomplishment for Cabrera, but there is no way that he was more valuable than Mike Trout, who does EVERYTHING well. Moreover, as JH has said (several times), batting average and RBI are simply no longer seriously used to measure player productivity.

There is not a single advanced offensive metric (including the park-adjusted version of OPS - OPS+ - by the way) in which Mike Trout did not have a significantly better year than Miguel Cabrera did. OPS+ - Trout 172, Cabrera 166; wRC+ - Trout 175, Cabrera 166; wOBA - Trout .422, Cabrera .416. Even if you decide to discount half or more of the game (defense and baserunning) in which Trout FAR exceeds Cabrera, Trout had the better offensive year.
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