Donaldson & Harper Win AL, NL MVP Honors

Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper was the clear choice in the NL, receiving all 30 first-place votes and becoming at 23 the youngest unanimous MVP ever on Thursday. “(AP)Yes, the only other player in Trout’s four-season stratosphere is Williams, and the parallels extend to the ability of the Baseball Writers” Association of America to spit the bit when it comes to selecting the proper MVP.

When it comes to MVP voting, Mike Trout is the human embodiment of the shruggie.

Winning was probably what got Donaldson the edge in the race over Trout, who had better stats in categories like OPS (.991-.939) but whose Los Angeles Angels finished third.

Trout had seven first-place and 22 second-place votes, as well as one third-place vote.

He becomes the first Most Valuable Player in the history of the Nationals franchise, which began in 1969 as the Montreal Expos and moved to Washington before the start of the 2005 season.

Cain received 20 third-place votes, which placed him ahead of Baltimore third baseman Manny Machado, Houston pitcher Dallas Keuchel and Seattle slugger Nelson Cruz, who finished in the next three places behind him. Donaldson led the Blue Jays to their first post-season appearance since 1993.

I voted for the Blue Jays’ Josh Donaldson.

The final snapshot of the 2015 Major League Baseball season was grim for Josh Donaldson and Bryce Harper.

All season long, Bryce Harper has been shattering records for the Washington Nationals and proving that age means nothing in terms of ability. He hit 41 home runs and batted.297. However, this does not diminish the fact that Goldschmidt remains one of the best players in baseball. But his combined on-base and slugging percentage, 1.109, is a figure rarely achieved in the current game. Donaldson was named the AL Most Valuable Player and Harper took the prize in the National League.

Pratt prevailed one year before helping the Leafs win their fifth Stanley Cup in 1945 and two years before he was suspended for betting on hockey games (though never against his own team).

AL MVP award aside, the results this year were nearly entirely good – and certainly all of them were defensible – and they say good things about the process in the future.

To possess that significant an offensive advantage as he did over Donaldson this season and still lose, you’d think Trout was far inferior in the field and on the bases.

How he did it:One of the big differences for Harper is simply that he was healthier than he’s been in previous seasons.

“You know going into a season that if you”™re ultimately going to win an MVP, you”™ve got to put up better numbers than Mike,” Donaldson said on a conference call.

Of Donaldson’s 41 home runs, 28 either tied or gave the Blue Jays the lead.

On that play most of the Oilers were living in the Red Light Zone, that space in the defensive end where you’re not covering the man with the puck and not covering anyone else. Howard, meanwhile, impressed a few voters with his 48 home runs and 146 RBIs, but a few just couldn’t see past his.251/.339/.543 batting line, which equates to an.