As expected, Angels outfielder Mike Trout was named the AL MVP on Thursday night, the BBWAA announced. He won unanimously. Trout won his first MVP in what was the worst of his three full seasons as a big leaguer. Weird. Victor Martinez of the Tigers and Michael Brantley of the Indians finished a distant second and third, respectively.
Not a single Yankee received an MVP vote. Not even a token tenth place vote. That hasn’t happened since 1992. I thought maybe Dellin Betances or Jacoby Ellsbury or Brett Gardner would sneak a bottom of the ballot vote, but I guess not. The Yankees had at least one player finish in the top five of the voting every year from 2002-13, thanks mostly to Alex Rodriguez and Robinson Cano. The full voting results are at the BBWAA’s site.
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