It's been talked about quite a bit recently but I can't help but be interested in the upcoming AL MVP decision. It really does look like it's going to be a pretty historic battle of new school vs. old school evaluation when deciding between Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera.
Cabrera is probably going to win the triple crown and stands currently hitting .331 with 44 HR and 139 RBI's. Trout currently has a 10.7 bWAR and 10.3 fWAR which are numbers that are up there with the best seasons of Willie Mays, Ted Williams and Lou Gehrig and better than any season from Hank Aaron or Joe Dimaggio. Cabrera, by contrast, has a bWAR of 6.8 which ranks him 4th in the American League behind Trout, Justin Verlander and Robinson Cano and ranks about even with Jose Bautista's 2010 season.
I don't know how it'll play out but either way one group is going to be mad.