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• lewii5 said August 22, 2008

  ummmm no

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• soxdynasty said August 22, 2008

  If he keeps up what he's doing he will have a shot. He gets better every year. This year he is staying healthy. Soxaddict, I think the offseason training in Arizona really helped him. Nice post

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  • soxaddict replied August 23, 2008

    Yeah I agree. It also helped Manny (didn't help his attitude though.)
    • soxdynasty replied August 23, 2008

      I know it helped Manny also. I thought this year might be his most productive season in a very long time. I had him and Pedroia in previously and deleted them. Enough with Manny. Let's move on!
      • soxaddict replied August 24, 2008

        Haha good point. It's JBay time.
• NitschkeHawk said August 22, 2008

  yeah ummm no sorry. maybe next year?

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• soxaddict said August 23, 2008

  For the people saying no, give me a better candidate other than the two I mentioned.

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  • lewii5 replied August 23, 2008

    it doesn't make sense to eliminate players like a-rod and quentin. where do you draw the line for eligible mvps? do they have to be on playoff teams? teams that almost made the playoffs? teams that were in contention in august? it's an individual award and players shouldn't be eliminated from the race just because the people around them aren't performing. it should be factored in, but if some guy is raking and having a comeback season for the ages i don't think it's fair to discount his efforts because they are on a bad team or in a really tough division.
    • lewii5 replied August 23, 2008

      sorry i meant a-rod and josh hamilton (not quentin)
    • soxaddict replied August 24, 2008

      Life isn't fair. How would someone like Hamilton be valuable to Texas? They'd be 10 games under .500 rather than 4 games under? They still have Kinsler and Bradley, both of whom are crushing the ball.
      
      It's pretty obvious that more voters are voting for players on winning teams nowadays. I don't think we'll see a Alex Rodriguez on the Rangers type winner again. Maybe I'm wrong but that looks like it's how it is.
      • lewii5 replied August 24, 2008

        "How would someone like Hamilton be valuable to Texas?"
        well for 1 he made them relevant again.
        i'm a huge mariners fan, so i'm not the biggest rangers fan, but its obvious that hamilton's work ethic and commitment to turning things around is contagious. at the end of the day it's an individual award. and please, spare me the "life isn't fair" argument.
• yankees315 said August 23, 2008

  a i will give you a better canidate Alex Rodriguez!

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• NitschkeHawk said August 23, 2008

  Carlos Quentin leads the league in go ahead rbi, plus his stats are arguably as good as Hamilton's

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  • soxaddict replied August 24, 2008

    Quentin is an easy number one choice right now.
• tigernike23 said August 23, 2008

  He'll have a shot, but its probably Quentin, maybe Hamilton, hell what about K-Rod in LA?

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  • lewii5 replied August 23, 2008

    k-rod has had an unbelievable year. i think even grady sizemore has a good case even though he's on a losing team.
  • soxaddict replied August 24, 2008

    K-Rod is a good choice but pitchers tend to get screwed out of MVP votes, especially relievers/closers.
• Darons97 said August 22, 2008

  I do not think Kevin Youkilis will be the A.L. M.V.P i think the A.L. M.V.P. will be Josh Hamoltion

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• WillyBadger said August 25, 2008

  I am with you YOUK for MVP !
  
  If he does become MVP will he shave his gottee and wear A-Rod clothes?

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• Mizzy21390 said August 26, 2008

  its kinda hard tho to be a contender if ur team is under .500 and not even a playoff contender... the team AND the best player in the league will STILL look sucky. Youk has a great chance, before and afer Manny left Youk has brrn stepping it up and hitting homers and maaad rbis in a game... hes looking unstoppable.. always having atleast one or two hits in a game... he HARDLY commits errors.. and was on a errorless winning game streak for yrs... until it was broken...
  
  I say YOUK for MVP!!

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• fedroger said September 25, 2008

  Hell, Arod won MVP honors when texas was back 30 games. I would go Youkilis or Mornaeu.

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