Sorting out a complicated American League MVP scene
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Early in the year, the American League MVP race appeared like it would follow a familiar script: look at what Mike Trout is doing, see if anybody else is having an out-of-his-mind enough season to keep up with him, and then decide whether or not to give it tSorting out a complicated American League MVP scene
Early in the year, the American League MVP race appeared like it would follow a familiar script: look at what Mike Trout is doing, see if anybody else is having an out-of-his-mind enough season to keep up with him, and then decide whether or not to give it to that fortunate soul or hand it back to Trout, again. Trout was doing everything in his power to ensure the competition could not keep up. Hovering around the top of nearly every statistic possible, the reigning MVP was steamrolling toward an encore victory via a season that was shaping up to be one of the best of all time. Then disaster struck in Miami, as the unthinkable happened: Trout, who had sat out an average of only three games per season, tore a ligament in his left hand that led to his first stint on the disabled list of his career. It was an injury that not only (temporarily) derailed one the great seasons ever, but also blew open the doors of the AL MVP race in a way they had not been since prior to Trout’s breakout debut six years a Read more