skyking162

My darkhorse pick for AL MVP is Miguel Cabrera. Why? It’s a multi-fold argument, which, while making it less likely to happen, will make me look obscenely brilliant if it actually happens.

1. The Tigers, as a team, have more talent than their current record shows. They are bound to improve on their winning percentage during the last two months.
2. The White Sox pitching staff is performing over their heads and the Twins are about to crash and burn.
3. By 1 and 2, the Tigers have a reasonable chance of winning the AL Central and making the playoffs.
4. Miguel Cabrera has actually had a pretty good, but underrated, first two-thirds of the season. He’s already at a .298 AVG with 23 homeruns and 89 RBI. If he performs at typical Miggy levels the rest of the way, that could look more like .315/35/130 or better by the end of the year.
5. Justin Morneau won the 2006 MVP Award based on his triple crown stats and the fact that his breakout coincided with the Twins’ breakout on the way to winning the AL Central.
6. By 3, 4, and 5, Miguel Cabrera should win the AL MVP by running on Morneau’s 2006 platform. QED.

And yes, when Miggy wins the MVP, making me look prescient, I will still complain that Grady Sizemore got robbed.

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