quote:Originally posted by jaggerz:
"Something that all Trout fans should remember. He did this for one season. He may have more like it or fall short. The pitchers will figure him out and he will have to adjust."
Right, but the MVP is for performance in 2012, not over the last ten years.
I agree with you (and actually said somewhere in this thread) that Cabrera has been consistently great for a long time, and that I think that plays as big a part of why voters would vote for him (along with the fact that he has been overlooked more than once in deserving years previously, including 2011 - which was a better year for him than 2012 and in which the voters decided a pitcher from his own team was more deserving; don't get me started on pitchers getting the MVP....).
But I don't think that makes it right. The award is specifically and explicitly for the current season and current season only. Career and peak achievements are rewarded later, when he's done and comes up for the Hall.