quote:Originally posted by TPM:quote:Originally posted by 3FingeredGlove:quote: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.
The actual criteria, posted at BBWAA.com
[i]Dear Voter:
There is no clear-cut definition of what Most Valuable means. It is up to the individual voter to decide who was the Most Valuable Player in each league to his team. The MVP need not come from a division winner or other playoff qualifier.
This is great thanks 3FG.
Yes, thank you. Question, though: are you saying that because the rules don't explicitly say you are to consider only the current season that it is permissible to consider out-of-season accomplishments, such as career value or value over the last X number of years? Because, to me, why award something yearly, after the season, and call it the "2012 AL MVP" if it isn't limited to accomplishments in 2012, at least implicitly....