Tuesday, November 22, 2011

NL MVP Voting Totals

Below is the breakdown of the voting for NL MVP:


Player Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points
Ryan Braun Brewers 20 12







388
Matt Kemp Dodgers 10 16 6






332
Prince Fielder Brewers 1 4 11 9 1 3
2
1 229
Justin Upton D-backs 1
8 11 6 3 1 1
1 214
Albert Pujols Cardinals

1 6 11 6 4
2
166
Joey Votto Reds

4 3 2 8 3 3 4 1 135
Lance Berkman Cardinals

1 2 6 3 7 2 4 3 118
Troy Tulowitzki Rockies




3 4 8 5 4 69
Roy Halladay Phillies

1
1 1 6 2
3 52
Ryan Howard Phillies


1 3 1 1
1 3 39
Jose Reyes Mets



1 1
3 4 3 31
Clayton Kershaw Dodgers



1 1
2 5 2 29
Shane Victorino Phillies






3 3 3 18
Ian Kennedy D-backs




1 2 1

16
Cliff Lee Phillies





2 1
1 12
Hunter Pence Astros/Phillies




1
1 1
10
Pablo Sandoval Giants





1 1

7
John Axford Brewers






1 2
7
Michael Morse Nationals





1

1 5
Carlos Beltran Mets/Giants






1

3
Miguel Montero D-backs







1
2
Yadier Molina Cardinals








2 2
Starlin Castro Cubs








1 1
Craig Kimbrel Braves








1 1
Carlos Ruiz Phillies








1 1
Mike Stanton Marlins








1 1

So the good news is that 1 and a 1/2 Mets (Reyes and Beltran) got votes for NL MVP, although neither of them got any 1st place votes. The sad news it that one of those players is already gone and the other probably won't be on the 2012 roster.

Some other observations:

  • I am really surprised that Braun ran away with this. I thought this was going to be a really close race but Braun beat out Kemp by 56 points and Upton and Fielder were in another galaxy (1 1st place vote each, more than 100 points back).
  • Six Phillies? Really? I just hate seeing that.
  • Some of these guys are just totally unreasonable. Who voted for Carlos Ruiz? Also Stanton, Castro, Morse, Votto, Montero? John Axford? John Axford wasn't even the most valuable Brewers pitcher. Who gave these guys votes? At best some of these guys had pretty good years but I cant imagine anyone giving them MVP votes.
  • Six pitchers? Some of these guys didn't even get NL Cy Young nominations, yet they make it here.

1 comment:

  1. Starlin Castro got robbed! He should have at least come in 7th place.

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