At 1:30 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, we’ll learn who the Baseball Writer’s Association of America has chosen as its 2010 American League MVP. Josh Hamilton appears to be front-runner, as the outfielder posted an OPS of 1.044 through 133 games while leading the Rangers to their first-ever World Series.
2010 A.L. MVP: Josh Hamilton The Favorite Among SB Nation Bloggers
Other names have caught the attention of SB Nation’s stable of baseball bloggers, however, such as the Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera, the Rays’ Evan Longoria, the Blue Jays’ Jose Bautista, and the Yankees’ Robinson Cano. We polled our MLB blogs and asked them to name their top ten choices. Here are the results:
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Points | |
| Josh Hamilton | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 278 | ||||||
| Miguel Cabrera | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 197 | |
| Evan Longoria | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 191 | ||
| Jose Bautista | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 182 | |||
| Robinson Cano | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 182 | |
| Adrian Beltre | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 170 | ||
| Carl Crawford | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 92 | |||
| Joe Mauer | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 75 | |||
| Paul Konerko | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 60 | ||||
| Shin-soo Choo | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 54 | ||||
| Felix Hernandez | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 38 | |||||
| Cliff Lee | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | ||||||
| Alex Rodriguez | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| Jim Thome | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| Vladimir Guerrero | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| Mark Teixeira | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| Brett Gardner | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Justin Verlander | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Vernon Wells | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| CC Sabathia | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Daric Barton | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Delmon Young | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Elvis Andrus | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Luke Scott | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Billy Butler | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Ichiro Suzuki | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| David Price | 1 | 1 |
As you can see, the first-place votes were limited to Hamilton, Cabrera, and Longoria. It’s nice to see a tip of the cap to players whose years, while not quite MVP-caliber, were worthy of attention, such as Daric Barton, Luke Scott, and Shin-Soo Choo.
Check back with this StoryStream at 1:30 p.m., when the 2010 A.L. Most Valuable Player will be announced.
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