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bball123 posted....Cabrera received 22 of 28 first-place votes, with Trout receiving the other six. Cabrera finished with 362 points. Trout had 281, with the total points distributed on a 14-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis." mlb.com
THis was very surprising to me. I did not expect this outcome. I expected it to be much, much closer.
Our poll results (at this time) represent 35% Trout, 64% Cabrera and 1% other. The Baseball Writers of America are clearly looking at different data points even though our informal poll has a different format. I'd really like to know what data point the BWA put their emphasis on when they vote rather than take the easy way with Trout as rookie of the year and Cabrera MVP as trojan-skipper and cabbagedad suggest.
I was totally surprised too. I had to read the outcome multiple times to make sure I was not reading it incorrectly. My prediction was something like 51-49% split for 1st place vote.