Going to do ballot discussion for both leagues in one thread.
Here's the initial list for AL MVP, basically using the WAR numbers and some other numbers : Trout, Donaldson, Cruz, Bautista, Beltre, Machado, Encarnacion, Cabrera, Cain, Fielder, Betts, Keuchel, Price, Gray.
NL list: Harper, Goldschmidt, Votto, Bryant, Rizzo, Posey, McCutcheon, Greinke, Arrieta, Kershaw, Arenado, Scherzer, Cespedes.
That's 14 for the AL and 13 for the NL. It's possible I missed someone obvious, so let me know. If you have a dark horse you think deserves a look, let me know.
Assuming a basic consensus forms (it's not like we need to really discuss guys like Trout and Harper), I'll take the top 15 or so and start a poll for our voting.
Here's the initial list for AL MVP, basically using the WAR numbers and some other numbers : Trout, Donaldson, Cruz, Bautista, Beltre, Machado, Encarnacion, Cabrera, Cain, Fielder, Betts, Keuchel, Price, Gray.
NL list: Harper, Goldschmidt, Votto, Bryant, Rizzo, Posey, McCutcheon, Greinke, Arrieta, Kershaw, Arenado, Scherzer, Cespedes.
That's 14 for the AL and 13 for the NL. It's possible I missed someone obvious, so let me know. If you have a dark horse you think deserves a look, let me know.
Assuming a basic consensus forms (it's not like we need to really discuss guys like Trout and Harper), I'll take the top 15 or so and start a poll for our voting.