No love for Carlos Quentin? Nobody expected the White Sox to even make the playoffs and Quentin led the White Sox. He hit .288 average, 36 homers, 100 RBIs, .394 OBP, and .571 SLG. Very good numbers. I just think more people expected the Red Sox to make it than the White Sox. I would pick Quentin for my vote but if Pedroia wins it then he deserves it also.

i agree with the rest of the list.

I hate to say it but you took all the fun out of this one. If there is an argument with any of your picks I would think it’s Quentin over Pedroia. Personally I like Quentin every so slightly better only because I feel he had a greater impact on his team being where they are than Pedroia did for the Sawx.

I like what Lee did, but considering neither of the best pitchers in the AL made the playoffs I focused specifically on their numbers. Halladay hands down in my book (Wins are a BS statistic in my book).

Well, without Pujols the Cardinals win about 78-79 games while without Sabathia the Brewers win like 86 games. Sabathia put them over the hump with those ~4 wins he contributed, but then again take Ryan Braun away and they would’ve been even further out of the race. Pujols was hands down the best player in baseball this year, something like 2-3 wins better than the field. He’s the NL MVP.

I voted Pujols, Ramirez, Utley; Santana, Lincecum, Hamels; Soto, Votto, Jurrjens; Mauer, Pedroia, Halladay; Halladay, Lee, Lester; Longoria, Aviles, Joba.

even though Quentin missed 27 more games than Pedroia shouldn’t it count for somethin that he still put up great numbers? Just like even though Pujols dominance and he stayed healthy this year and Chipper missed alot of games but if the Braves made the playoffs i would have voted for Chipper even though he missed alot of games. MVP is most valuable to the team. I realize without Pedroia the Red Sox might not even make the playoffs even though they were a HEAVY favorite to win the East or Wild Card at the beginning of the year. A fact is that without Quentin no way the White Sox makes the playoffs no way. And the White Sox were suppose to finish behind the Indians and Tigers (I actually thought the same thing). To me even though he missed 27 more games than Pedroia he is still the most valuable player because he still put up MONSTER numbers. But thats just my opinion, im fine with Pedroia winning it if he does win it because he deserves it also, maybe a Co MVP.

Since the Braves didn’t make the playoffs i would definately vote for Pujols but if the Braves would have made the playoffs and the Cardinals wouldn’t.

Since the Braves didn’t make the playoffs i would definately vote for Pujols but if the Braves would have made the playoffs and the Cardinals wouldn’t have then i would have voted for Chipper.

Hamilton was sub-par in center field (-11 in /- and near the bottom in RZR) while Pedroia was very good at 2B (15 and 6th best at 2B). Their advanced hitting metrics aren’t very different either with Hamilton’s slight edge disappearing when you factor in hitting. Quentin was both not terribly good in the field (-10 and near the bottom in RZR) and missed way too much time).

I also don’t see the difference between Lincecum and Santana that says Lincecum certainly deserves the award. Santana had the slight innings edge, the ERA edge, and and the WHIP edge. Lincecum’s FIP was tons better of course.

I can’t believe any GM wouldn’t pick Sizemore over him any day.