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Joey Votto named NL MVP

  • Mooney44Cards
    Lots of speculation around Joey Votto obviously.

    Pujols won the other two awards at 1B but those awards were voted on by the players and managers (who, lets be honest, don't actually see as much baseball beyond their own games) whereas the MVP award is voted on by the baseball writers (who, lets be honest can be a lot more biased). So it will be interested to see if Votto can unseat Pujols who is the reigning 2x MVP, or if perhaps one of the Rockies stars (Tulo, CarGo) will be rewarded for their late season push.
  • wildcats20
    It will be criminal if he doesn't win.
  • Mooney44Cards
    VOTTO WINS IT!!!!
  • dave
    nice!
  • Laley23
    Easy choice, but because of the media hype of Pujols/Votto it was in the air. Glad to see they made the right call.
  • SportsAndLady
    He won in a landslide, received every first place vote except one.
  • wildcats20
    Quote of the day:

    "It was pretty freaking awesome to have beaten Albert Pujols for the MVP" - Joey Votto
  • pinstriper
    Congats to Votto, from a Cards fan. I think Pujols won the other 2 awards because he's simply viewed by everyone in the league as the best player, so they just check his box...whereas Votta had the better season. He deserved the MVP.
  • Ironman92
    Good Stuff....Pujols has now been top 2 7 times and top 3 8 times....silly

    Votto....40 and 120 next year
  • wildcats20
    Ironman92;571586 wrote:Good Stuff....Pujols has now been top 2 7 times and top 3 8 times....silly

    Votto....40 and 120 next year

    Pujols is one of the best baseball players I have ever seen.

    And if Joey goes 40/120 next year, it will be his again.
  • Ironman92
    you never know about that.....what Cargo did was scary....he might go 45 135 with a higher average
  • karen lotz
    Dan Uggla and Brian McCann will go into 2011 as the MVP favorites. The only problem will be the splitting of votes that will inevitably occur.
  • Ironman92
    Dan Uggla will go .258 28 HR 81 RBI 177 K....only Kirk Gibson could win an MVP with those numbers
  • karen lotz
    81 RBI? I see him making a run at Hack Wilson.
  • Ironman92
    Hack Wilson 1931.....yes
  • karen lotz
    He should have that by June 1st.
  • justincredible
    lol @ Dan Uggla.
  • karen lotz
    What's to lol @?
  • justincredible
    He's Dan Uggla and you think he's a favorite for MVP going into 2011. I know you don't really think that but the thought is funny.
  • karen lotz
    Missing piece to Atlanta's puzzle. Bet the house on the Braves as soon as odds come out.




    :D
  • Mooney44Cards
    Ironman92;571662 wrote:you never know about that.....what Cargo did was scary....he might go 45 135 with a higher average

    If they played all 162 games at Coors Field, maybe.

    I know we've pretty much all seen his Home/Away splits by now, but lets take another look.

    Stats are listed as (home/away) respectively.

    AVG: .336 (.380/.289)
    HR: 34 (26/8)
    SO: 135 (54/81)
    OBP: .376 (.425/.322)
    SLG: .598 (.737/.453)
    TB: 351 (221/130)
  • Ironman92
    CarGo has what 8-10 years of big league experiece right? No way will he improve at his age.
  • Ironman92
    no, check that, he was only 24 this past season with little big league experience AND missed 17 games....maybe, just maybe he can improve

    The guy was the NL batting champ in pretty much his first full season....I'll stick with my thoughts of him having a shot to go 45 and 135
  • Mooney44Cards
    Not saying he can't get better, but this isn't him struggling vs LHP or something that he can learn how to hit lefties better.....how do you learn to NOT be average at other ballparks? Maybe it is something that is easily improved on, I don't really know. But it seems to me that he is a product of a hitter's ballpark because everywhere else, he's pretty pedestrian.
  • Ironman92
    Babe Ruth + pedestrian = 3rd place MVP at age 24

    Was it the other parks or being away from home? Many parks are hitters ballparks....maybe he just didn't adjust well to being on the road...maybe he partied too hard after games.....numerous factors are possible here. Obviously he'll always be better at Coors.....much like most players at home.....but he may just learn to hit in other parks.

    or hell he may get figured out by most pitchers and struggle mightily...none of us know I was just going on what he did and the fact he missed 17 games......45 and 135 would not be a huge improvement...more marginal and do-able IMO.