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

Guys, the Triple Crown is composed of stats that are outdated and have been replaced by more relevant stats.

Batting Average - I think we all know that this is not a very telling stat. Trout gets on base more, and is much more of a threat once he is on base. Also, consider this: if Trout's steals counted towards his slugging % as doubles, it would be over .650! (Miggy's is .606). This is obviously hypothetical, but a thing to think about.

RBIs - Cabrera got 70 more plate appearances with RISP than Trout. He also got over 100 more PAs with men on.

HRs - People look at HRs because they can't be argued with. It is the "easy way out" for people who don't want to research how runs are actually created (RC+, wOBA, etc.)

I can understand why 50 years ago, the Triple Crown winner was a big deal. But these stats are now known to be irrelevant to actual value.

Trout is MVP.
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