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Originally Posted by chops  Tomm Dog you have A rod turning 35 twice |
my bad...make those final numbers at age 39...so if he plays to 40, he has a real good chance of cracking 800.
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Papi has been robbed of the MVP the last two years.
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He certainly was not "robbed" either year, especially 2006. He had a legitimate chance in 2005, but lost out to an equally, if not more, deserving contender. Their offensive numbers were almost equal, and A-Rod actually plays the field (and does it well), whereas Ortiz's defensive contribution is zero, zip, zilch. If he's going to win as a DH he better be definitively better offensively than the next guy, and that wasn't the case in 2005.
As for last year, you could make a fair case that Ortiz wasn't even in the top 5. I dont necessarily believe that, but you could make that arguement. If I were an MVP voter, I certainly wouldn't have voted him for first place.
Also, that 6-53 record thing was in 2005 alone, just to clear that up.
This isn't me trying to put down Ortiz. Ortiz is an absolutely amazing hitter. I admire Ortiz so much that in my fantasy baseball league, I took him before Ryan Howard and Jose Reyes, two players that almost EVERYBODY had ranked ahead of Ortiz. Being the second best player in an entire league for an entire year is nothing to scoff at.