Might Cabrera win the Triple Crown and not win the MVP Award?

[Topnotchsy]

With 2 home runs tonight he now leads the league at .333, 129 Ribbies, and is 2 behind Hamilton with 40 homers.

If he can tie or pass Hamilton, we could see a situation where he wins the Triple Crown and yet does not win the MVP.

While we have come a long way in the stats department, I think if he wins the Triple Crown he will win the MVP, despite Trout being more deserving. Combine the accolade with a "lifetime" award and I think many voters will vote for him and say that Trout will get his chance another time. (For the record I think that rationale is silly as the MVP is an award for a single season, and I would vote Trout regardless, but that is what I think will happen.)

 

[longbomberz]

Defense should count too.

 

[Topnotchsy]

Defense should count too.

I agree and would vote Trout if I had a vote, but do you think the voters will collectively vote that way?

 

[longbomberz]

It will be interesting. I think the mass of the voter base, while showing growth past slash stats as primary markers of value, would still be wooed by the Triple Crown. It will be interesting as well to see if the Angels make the playoffs and the Tigers don't or vice versa. I think the "How valuable can you be if your team didn't make the playoffs" thing is still really prevalent and might override the Triple Crown.

 

[soxrchamps07]

If Miggy wins the Triple Crown and not the MVP the writers need to give up their voting rights.

 

[moxacaine]

If Miggy wins the Triple Crown and not the MVP the writers need to give up their voting rights.

Completely agree. There is no way you win the Triple Crown and not win the MVP.

 

[elemin8]

Completely agree. There is no way you win the Triple Crown and not win the MVP.

+1 Regardless if he doesn't win the Triple Crown he deserves the MVP. Since the All-Star Break Pujols leads the Angels in SLG, OPS, HR, RBIs. Trout's a great player but I feel that every article I read neglects the fact that he is playing with one of the best players in baseball who if you take away the first month when Trout wasn't there has put up some decent numbers. Is that a result of Trout??? I doubt it but you might make a case if it wasn't the fact Pujols is who he is.

 

[All The Hype]

Any player that wins a triple crown is the automatic MVP. THose are your three most important offensive statistics and if one player leads the league in all three, how can anyone else be more valuable?

That being said, Cabrera is the MVP regardless of triple crown. No player has been more clutch or more valuable to his team than Cabrera has been to the Tigers, and his numbers across the board are better than anyone's, even with Trout's defense taken into consideration.

 

[elmalo]

+1 Regardless if he doesn't win the Triple Crown he deserves the MVP. Since the All-Star Break Pujols leads the Angels in SLG, OPS, HR, RBIs. Trout's a great player but I feel that every article I read neglects the fact that he is playing with one of the best players in baseball who if you take away the first month when Trout wasn't there has put up some decent numbers. Is that a result of Trout??? I doubt it but you might make a case if it wasn't the fact Pujols is who he is.

Tori Hunter has been on fire as well, and Aybars been hitting and dont forget Trumbo.

 

[KOBEARODLT]

another thing i cant stand are the people mentioning cabreras defense as if he cant field a ground ball, he doesnt get to the balls that top notch defenders get to but he has been more than solid at 3rd, as i said before he hasnt lost a game for the tigers because of his play at 3rd

 

[All The Hype]

another thing i cant stand are the people mentioning cabreras defense as if he cant field a ground ball, he doesnt get to the balls that top notch defenders get to but he has been more than solid at 3rd, as i said before he hasnt lost a game for the tigers because of his play at 3rd

Not to mention he was willing to move back to third for the good of the team. That's intangible value right there.

 

[matfanofold]

3x crown = MVP

 

[alwayson22]

It will be an interesting debate if Cabrera wins the Triple Crown while Trout laps the field in WAR.

 

[nborton]

Getting the triple crown is better than the MVP anyway. The MVP is given out every year. No one has gotten the triple crown in 45 years, all the way back to 1937 for the NL, and only 15 times total for AL/NL combined.

I'd be shocked if any triple crown winner didn't get the MVP.

Really the same goes for the CY. Getting the triple crown in pitching pretty much locks that up as well.

 

[vwnut13]

WAR doesn't count!

 

[mlbsalltimegreats]

At this point he doesnt need the triple crown to win the Mvp. He will win it regardless!

 

[nosterbor]

WAR doesn't count!

Thank you! I hate wins above replacement.

 

[Austin]

I'd be shocked if any triple crown winner didn't get the MVP.

Ted Williams won the Triple Crown TWICE, in '42 and '47.
Neither year did he win the MVP award. ('42: Gordon, '47: DiMaggio)

He also didn't win the MVP when he hit .406 in '41. (DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak season)

 

[scotty216brs]

Ted Williams won the Triple Crown TWICE, in '42 and '47.
Neither year did he win the MVP award. ('42: Gordon, '47: DiMaggio)

He also didn't win the MVP when he hit .406 in '41. (DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak season)

Beat me to it.

I don't think he'll get the TC anyways, but it will be close.

 

[All The Hype]

Ted Williams won the Triple Crown TWICE, in '42 and '47.
Neither year did he win the MVP award. ('42: Gordon, '47: DiMaggio)

He also didn't win the MVP when he hit .406 in '41. (DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak season)

That was also back in the days where it wasn't all that uncommon to see a Triple Crown. It has been 45 years since anyone has done it, which makes it a much bigger accomplishment today than it was then.