Why trout is mvp

What's App. Trout clinches longest streak of top-5 MVP finishes despite worst result. Rays trade Brosseau to Brewers. Arenado wins 5th straight Platinum Glove, Correa collects 1s Giants sign Kapler to 2-year extension. Report: Seager, Semien, other big names likely to sign befor Report: Tigers eyeing Gray, DeSclafani. Report: Pirates' Reynolds drawing significant trade interest.

Report: Starling Marte drawing interest from Phillies, Yanke Report: Blue Jays checking in on Marlins' pitchers. Report: Brewers' Stearns interested in Mets gig after Report: Joakim Soria retiring after 14 seasons. Possibility of universal DH could impact roster decisions. In general, MVP voters have long tended to smile more on players with solid stats on winning teams than players with dominant numbers amidst a string of defeats.

Many of the other elite performers on this list are matching the mold Trout has fit all too often : great player, not-so-great team. Boston has two top-line candidates in defending MVP right fielder Mookie Betts and shortstop Xander Bogaerts plus a third if you count third baseman Rafael Devers, who ranks 12th in AL WAR , but the champs have almost no chance of making the postseason. Perhaps all of this is why Trout is such an overwhelming favorite in the betting odds for the award.

As of Sept. Trout set a career high with 45 home runs this season, even more impressive considering he missed the final three weeks with a foot injury. His lead in Wins Above Replacement is 60 percent more than second place in the Baseball-Reference version, and He just happens to be challenged by different players each year, with Trout the lone constant. In his eight full seasons, Trout has won three MVP awards and finished second a record-tying four times, the latter shared with inner-circle legends Stan Musial, Ted Williams, and Albert Pujols.

Bonds won his third MVP in his age season , a year older than Trout. There are 10 slots on an MVP ballot. Players get 14 points for a first-place vote, then nine points for second place, eight points for third place, all the way on down to one point for a 10th-place vote. Trout in his eight full seasons has been named on every single MVP ballot, out of To give you an idea of how remarkable that is, the only other player to be named on every single MVP ballot from was Nolan Arenado in the National League, a perfect streak broken this year when he appeared on only 27 of