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Miguel Cabrera AL Most Valuable Player

If you become baseball’s first triple crown winner in 45 years and your team makes it to the World Series, to me it would be a pretty big upset if you didn’t win the American League Most Valuable…Read More

Buster Posey NL Most Valuable Player

By the time he retires, Buster Posey is going to need a 5,000-square-foot trophy room at the rate he is going. Add the National League Most Valuable Player award to his growing collection. And growing…Read More

Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera Have Been Equal Offensive Forces

There is an American League MVP debate currently raging out there. And it’s exhausting. There are two major favorites for the award and two popular stances to take. Everyone is digging in their…Read More

Ryan Braun Great Again, But No MVP

Somehow Ryan Braun became the first Major League player to wiggle out of  a drug policy violation accusation shortly after he won the 2011 National League Most Valuable Player award. He won his case…Read More

Barry Bonds Belongs In The Hall Of Fame

The next Baseball Writers vote for Hall of Famers is going to be a wild one and it will be fascinating to watch those who have ballot power (I do not) operate as they either torture themselves trying to…Read More

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Frank Robinson Still In The Game

Frank Robinson was a Hall of Fame player with the Cincinnati Reds and the Baltimore Orioles. He was the…Read More

Joe Mauer May Be Among All-Time Catcher Greats

Joe Mauer is a hitting machine. We should know that by now, but every season he does something fresh…Read More

Radical Baseball: The Art of WAR 2.0, 2.1, …

Wins Above Replacement (WAR) seems to have gone mainstream since the end of the 2011 season.  But what…Read More

Mike Napoli is a Future MVP for the Rangers

The Texas Rangers and Mike Napoli have reached a one-year contract extension.  According to ESPN Dallas…Read More

Ryan Braun Cooked

Based on how these things have always worked out in the Olympics and Tour du France, Ryan Braun is going…Read More

Barry Larkin Best Bet For Hall

When you poll as much as 62.1 percent of the vote as former Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin has–and…Read More

Jimmy Rollins Goes With His Heart

While it doesn’t seem as if $11 million a year for three years is any type of hardship to pay live…Read More

Baseball History: The BBWAA MVP Becomes Official in 1931

The 10th annual Greatness in Baseball Yearly awards (GIBBYs) will be handed out Friday night, exactly…Read More

Did Ryan Braun Cheat?

Here we go again. A new drug case with a high-profile baseball player, just when we thought the stringent…Read More

Baseball History: Braun first Milwaukee National League MVP since Aaron in ’57

Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Ryan Braun made Milwaukee baseball history by becoming the first player…Read More

Justin Morneau Shut Down for Season

The Minnesota Twins have shut down their second MVP of the weekend, as the club announced that first…Read More

Joe Mauer Diagnosed with Pneumonia; Done for Year

Joe Mauer has been diagnosed with mild pneumonia, and the Minnesota Twins have decided to shut him down…Read More

Justin Morneau Out with Concussion Related Symptoms

Justin Morneau is once again dealing with concussion related symptoms.  Morneau’s expected to be sidelined…Read More

Joe Mauer Misses 4th Straight with Sore Neck

Joe Mauer missed his fourth straight game last night, as the former MVP is dealing with a sore neck. …Read More

Lenny Dykstra Facing Charges of Indecent Exposure

Lenny Dykstra is once again in the news for all the wrong reasons.  Now the 3 time All-Star has been…Read More