American League MVP

As the season wraps up today, many will start to think about year end awards. One of those awards being the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. I think that Mike Trout of the Angels will most likely get it, but is he the most valuable player in the league?

I say, with jaundiced eye, that Robinson Cano is the MVP for the American League. Cano left New York and headed to the Northwest to take a team that was 71-91 (.482 winning percentage) in 2013 to  86-75 (.534) in 2014, with one game left and a possible playoff spot. Seattle didn't change much else with the exception of bringing in the second baseman, and have gained a 15 game  (and counting) swing in the team record column. That has added a lot of value and should be recognized.

I understand that Mike Trout had another outstanding season, with a .288 batting average (BA), 35 home runs (HR), 111 runs batted in (RBI), and 115 runs scored (RS), which are outstanding numbers. A field percentage of .992 with three errors

Cano has .316 BA, 14 HR, 82 RBI, and 77 RS. He has a fielding percentage of .987 and 9 errors.

Looking at the numbers, it is easy to pick Trout.

Of course we could give it Derek Jeter, as he has never won a MVP for the league, after all he is batting .256, with 4 HR, 49 RBI, and 47 RS,  a .973 fielding percentage and 11 errors, it would make a excellent farewell gift for him.