Yeah... I agree.
Miggy is a shoe-in with the Tigers run at the end of season.

Go Tigers!
I'm actually going to watch back-to-back night full baseball games for the first time all season.

Why is this even a debate??

Cabrera:
44HR
139RBI
205HITS
.330AVG

Trout:
30HR
83RBI
182 HITS
.326AVG

Yes Trout has alot of runs(129) and sb's(49). But he is a leadoff hitter and has Pujols, Hunter, and Trumbo hitting after him.. So you would hope he would have alot of runs..

I must add that it is much harder on the body playing outfield then it is playing infield.. Yes Miggy has to stay on his toes in the infield(1st base and 3rd base) but he doesn't have to run in and out every inning all the way from the outfield.. It's amazing how much of a toll that takes on the body in a game.. But Miggy hitting 14 more HR's, 56 more RBI's, and having a higher average, well thats enough for me..

Congrats Miguel on the AL MVP award!!

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Great point with who is hitting behind him. Now just imagine if Pujols didn't start off so slow or Trumbo didn't tail off in the end.

Either way....Miggy for MVP.

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G,A,PP,PIM,SOG
W,GAA,SV%,SO
C:Giroux,Zberg,Marleau,Kadri
LW:Ovi,Neal,Pach,Benn
RW:Perry,MSL,Wheeler
D:Yandle,Subban,Edler,OEL
G: Lundqvist,Miller,MAF

12 Team H2H
R,2b,3b,HR,RBI,AVG,SB,BB,K,E
W,L,SV,HLD,K,ERA,WHIP
C:Buck
1B:Santana
2B:Kipnis
3B:Zimmer
SS:Tulo
LF:Marte
CF:McCutch
RF:Pence
Util:Ozuna
SP:Cain,Moore,Latos,Kennedy,Ryu,Guthrie
RP:Henderson,Rivera,League,Gregerson,Herrera
DL:Hart,Anderson,Bailey

It is a debate because they are different type of players. One that does everything well and another is a one dimentional player who's having a phenomenal season offensively. I think Miggy will win, although not because he's having a better season overall. To me, most valuable player is a player who excels in both offensive and defensive situations, while leading the charge for his team. While Trout has a great lineup behind him, he's the catalyse for his team especially early in the season when the team were in deep trouble.

If there is an MVH (Most valuable hitter) award, I'll gladly hand it to Miggy. To me though, Trout is the MVP by some margin. I still goes on the MLB website to check out his amazing catches once in a while. They truly are some of the craziest things you will ever see from baseball.

The biggest reason Trout is right there with Miggy is because of his tremendous fielding ability. You combine that with a guy that hits well over .300, scores over 100 runs, clubs 30 home runs and steals over 40 bases and you have an MVP caliber player.

Here is a great explanation on why he could win, but I don't know how Miggy doesn't take home the MVP after capturing the Triple Crown.

http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles/...se-war-says-so

Trout will win a gold glove and rookie of the year, so its not like he'll go home empty handed.

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The tiebreaker is that Miggy lead the Tigers to the playoffs, whereas Trout couldn't do the same for the Angels. Trout will win it another season.

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G 4.25, A 2.75, PPP 1.5, SHP 3, Hits 0.4, Blocks 0.5, PIM 0.25, DFP 1
W 5 OTL 1 SO 6 SV 0.25 L-1 GS 1

F:Stamkos, C Stew, R Johansen, B Dubinsky, Max Pac, Umberger, B Ryan, D Backes, T Ruutu, Lucic, Ott, MSL, Heatley, C Kunitz, J Benn, L Adam

D: C Fowler, Kronwall, A Goligoski, JM Liles, M Giordano, K Letang, N Nikitin, R Josi

G: J Quick, A Niemi, C Anderson, Rinne

The tiebreaker is Miggy won the TRIPLE CROWN..

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Angels won more games then the Tigers, playing in a much tougher division.
Put the Tigers in the West, and Miggy is golfing.

Alot of you get caught up in fancy terms, Triple Crown, while losing site of value.

It's MVP, player, not hitter. And you can make a very successful argument, Trout was as good a hitter.
Add defense, base running, and this should be a landslide for Trout.
But many writers, still vote as cavemen.

Read this very easy to understand article.

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/...b-awards-field