Justin Verlander wins AL MVP

[Divine Discontent]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/baseball/mlb/11/21/al.mvp.verlander.bautista.ellsbury.ap/

New York(AP) - Detroit's Justin Verlander has become the first starting pitcher in a quarter-century to win a Most Valuable Player award, adding it to his Cy Young Award last week.

Verlander earned the American League MVP honor Monday, receiving 13 of 28 first-place votes and 280 points in voting announced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Boston center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury was second with 242 points, followed by Toronto right fielder Jose Bautista with 231 points.

Verlander went 24-5 with a 2.40 ERA and 250 strikeouts to take the AL pitching triple crown. He is the first pitcher to win MVP since Oakland's Dennis Eckerlsley in 1992 and the first starter since Boston's Roger Clemens in 1986.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/baseball/mlb/11/21/al.mvp.verlander.bautista.ellsbury.ap/index.html#ixzz1eMy7PJnl




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[1gobluedem]

1. Whoo hoo!

Well-deserved. :woohoo:

[Divine Discontent]

2. pretty impressive! certainly had a great year. I can appreciate the argument that an everyday

player should have gotten the award, but, he's certainly worthy. I'd have voted for him if he had an ERA below 2, for sure. I guess the everyday players really didn't have any knockout huge years in voters minds? The two runner ups had very impressive seasons.



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[joeybee12]

3. I guess he deserved it but I'm still bitter about Pedro Martinez being robbed of it...nt

[Divine Discontent]

4. Pedro was phenomenal that year. I agree, that was wrong.

you're making me flashback to my youthful days when everyone talked about Eric Davis in the 80's, and he was top 10 in home runs and stolen bases in back to back seasons, and had 100+ runs in both, and I don't think he ever got better than 9th in MVP voting for that... voters are goofy bastards. lol. I think Andre Dawson won for the last place Cubs in '87 with 49 homers. Davis had 37 and 50 stolen bases, and won the gold glove in Center that year, and I doubt he got 10% of the votes that "Hawk" did, and the Reds contended that year!

[joeybee12]

5. Pedro was left off two ballots completely...one was a NY writer (obviously)

because they didn't want him to win....no, they didn't put him second or third, kept him off completely.

[Divine Discontent]

7. NY writer... obviously. so he really won since the writer in effect spoiled the vote with jealousy.

[joeybee12]

8. Well, they're sportswriters...and a lot of them really hold grudges against

certain teams/players and it shows.

[MaineDem]

6. Totally agree!

That was a horrible vote.