The Top 5 Baseball Players of Today

Every year at the conclusion of the season the voting for season awards take place. One of the most honorable awards is the Most Valuable Player award. This award is given to the player who performed the best for their team. The winner is usually toward the top of the list in various categories, whether it be batting average, home runs, or runs batted in. These are not the only categories that get taken into consideration when the voting takes place. If a pitcher is in contention, they are usually toward the top in earned run average, strikeouts, and innings pitched. Choosing the Most Valuable Player is not always cut and dry. There are certain aspects to every candidate's game that need to be evaluated. For example, second baseman is not expected to have as home runs or runs batted in as a first or third baseman. The second baseman would be expected to have a higher average, fielding percentage, and different hitting statistics. Sometimes fans have favoritism to their team's player, but the voters can not have favoritism. The most valuable player award is given out usually to a position player, but pitchers have won before. Twenty-one pitchers have won the Most Valuable Player award in the entire history of the Major League Baseball. Nine National League pitchers have won this award, and twelve American League pitchers have won, with only one repeat winner as a pitcher, Hal Newhouser in 1944 and 1945 for the Detroit Tigers. Year in, and year out, the Most Valuable Player award is always highly analyzed and criticized. Here are my top five players most deserving of the award annually.

MVP Award