Despite the stats that slightly favor Roberts, the question, "Who is the AL MVP thus far?" would have to be answered as Tejada.
Does he necessarily deserve it? No. If voting took place today, would he win it? Definitely.
This is based on several things, but the fact that he name is Tejada is a big factor. He's also a defensive stud and the "leader" of the team. Also, he plays position where there really aren't any true power hitters left besides Tejada.
Mustangs989 wrote:BB I'm really interested in hearing your argument for why Tejada is hands down the choice. Both he and Roberts play on the same team but Roberts numbers are just better.
Now like I said earlier there's no way I see him keeping this up, but as of now I have a hard time not giving it to him.
Yeah, that's a good point. I had actually totally forgotten about Roberts. I guess I figured that he has trailed off some lately, but even with the decline in power, I didn't realize his numbers were this good now that I look at it. He's on pace for a 40 WS season, that's incredible, especially for Brian Roberts at 2B.
Brian Roberts for AL MVP of the first half!
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tejada or (uh oh...) paul konerko for me. i actually think i'd go with konerko because no one outside of him has clearly stepped up for the chicago offense which has been missing one of its most productive bats in magglio ordonez all year. their success has been amazing, and while tejada pushing the orioles to the top of the AL east has been impressive, he's had the help of a crazy start from roberts.
whats more, konerko's numbers are hardly worse than tejada's: 19 hrs vs. 19 hrs. and 60 rbi vs. 53 for konerko. moreover, without konerko, chicago wouldn't have had a big bat in their lineup: maggs has been out, rowand has been disappointing (well, until recently), and the big hurt has been more hurt" than "big".
the white sox are running away with what many thought would be a hotly contested division, and paul konerko has a lot to do with that. he gets my vote.
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I don't think Konerko's name belongs anywhere near this discussion. He's having a solid season, yes...and the Sox are winning, yes, but there are about 20 players in the AL that deserve it more than him.
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blankman wrote:Like was the case in 2002 when Soriano and Giambi cancelled each other out, I think Roberts and Tejada end up doing the same thing this season.
Why would Sori and Giambi cancel each other out?
Nevermind: I didn't think Giambi was with NY in 2002.
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