Zack Greinke For MVP?

Dear AL MVP voters: Consider this acknowledged fact: Joe Mauer should and likely will win the AL MVP. He's putting up an absurd .374/.441/.610 slash line, is fourth in the majors in Wins Above Replacement, a counting stat, despite not joining the Twins until May 1st, and is generally having one of the best seasons a catcher has ever had. (Ever.) But if you discard the preconceptions about the MVP being an award for batters, add a consideration of relative value to a team, and look a little further south in Mauer's own division, you might conclude that Zack Greinke has indeed been more valuable. Greinke has his own outrageous set of statistical bona fides. He leads all pitchers (and, indeed, all players) in Wins Over Replacement. He leads the majors in ERA at 2.14 and shutouts with three; is second in the majors to the superb Tim Lincecum in Fielding Independent Pitching and to the stellar Roy Halladay in complete games at seven; is third in the AL in K/9 second in K/BB, and ...