by GloveCrazy » November 24th, 2011, 12:53 pm
The team award is the big shiny one with the flags that one team wins on the very last day.
Team success is nice, and possibly one of several tie breakers that should be considered, along with position played and assistance from others on the team. And generally speaking, when it's debatable who the MVP was on a particular team then neither one of those players probably are the "most valuable" of the league. Prince Fielder was third in voting and batted behind Braun. Kemp had lots of nobodys protecting him in the lineup and still had a much better year offensively. That is the definition of more valuable.
Braun had a good year, but Kemp had a borderline historic year. He was one homerun shy of 40/40 and was seven hits shy of the triple crown. I get that he didn't hit either magical mark, but those numbers are absolutely amazing given no protection in the lineup and from a center fielder. I am sort of anti Dodgers, but got to give credit where credit is due.
Trade with Rob