Can the best player in the league not be the MVP? I think Mike Trout is the best player in the league, but in spite of him having a great year, his team is 28 games out of 1st place in the AL West. I guess it's always been a stats award though, and Trout has great stats this year that backup that he's the best player in the AL.
Ernie Banks won the NL MVP two years in a row, 1958 and 1959. Both seasons the Cubs had losing records. It's possible. The question I'd ask in making the choice for any player is, where would his team be without him?
Astros getting a dose of their own medicine tonight down 20-5 to the A's late in the game. Scored 36 runs in the last 2 games, not tonight. For the second game in a row Wade Miley who has been reliable all season can't get out of the 1st inning. Troubling.
It's that time of year where some guys start breaking down and need a rest. Maybe Miley is one of those guys? Congrats to the Dodgers on winning the NL West, again.
Cubs are toast. Even if they get lucky and score the wild card, they don't have the pitching - and lately, the hitting - to make any post season noise.
- The Angels without Trout are the Anaheim Little League. - Astros are being called "the greatest team ever assembled." The Astros are MLB's best team
No. It's the pitching of Houston's Big Three deadline dealers on top of the home grown hitters that has everyone worried. Did you read the article?
I skimmed it, granted we have 2 great starters in Verlander and Cole and one really good one in Grienke..but with the current status of the bullpen those guys would have to go 9 innings to assure their wins. Still pretty big stretch to call the Astros the "greatest team ever assembled". But their point is that even though we have a great team, that doesn't guarantee post season success is well taken and right on the money. History is littered with great teams who had great regular seasons but didn't win the big enchilada!
Many of today's "greatest evers" show a sorry disregard for history. This is true in all sports. The two greatest pitching staffs in my lifetime have been the 1954 Indians and the 1970 Orioles. Hands down. No staff, including the current Astros, comes close. The '54 Indians lost the World Series, but it doesn't affect the greatness of their staff. The '70 Orioles won the WS.
Sid I'm not even sure that it's as good as the Astros staff with Roger Clemens, Andy Petite and Roy Oswalt and Brad Lidge coming out of the pen. It's close but like you said the lack of knowledge of History is amazing.
How about the 1998 Yankees? Wells (18), Cone(20), Pettitte(16), and that lineup. Won 114 regular season games. 11-2 in the post season.
The 1998 World Series was the only time I've cheered for the Yankees. My wife and I both liked Joe Torre. That was the reason.
I was one year old in 1954. My mom wouldn't let me watch past the third inning so I will defer to Sid.