NL MVP Voting

[Rockies GM (Dan)]

Up at the top, please vote for your 1st place choice.

IF you so desire, you can write in below your votes for 1st through 10th choices (you don't have to go that high, but that's what is in the BBWAA voting). I will tabulate these as they do the BBWAA votes (14 for #1, then 9-1 for 2-10 respectively).

SHORTLIST CRITERIA

I used Fantrax's player rater numbers, and selected the top 15 hitters from each league. There was only one rule limiting players - an individual team could only have 3 players max on the list so to allow more of a spread (this only ended up affecting one player, Xander Bogaerts of the Rockies, since he was the 4th highest rated on my team).

Q: I think <insert name> got robbed! Can I still vote for him?

Of course! Just select other for your 1st place vote and reply with the name of the player.

The Shortlist (with links to Fangraphs)

Nolan Arenado, Colorado Rockies
Mookie Betts, Washington Nationals
Ryan Braun, San Francisco Giants
Kris Bryant, San Francisco Giants
Robinson Cano, Washington Nationals
Nelson Cruz, Cincinnati Reds
Ian Desmond, Chicago Cubs
Josh Donaldson, St. Louis Cardinals
Daniel Murphy, Philadelphia Phillies
Rougned Odor, Colorado Rockies
Anthony Rizzo, Chicago Cubs
Jean Segura, Los Angeles Dodgers
Mike Trout, Colorado Rockies
Jonathan Villar, San Diego Padres
Joey Votto, Cincinnati Reds

[Rangers GM (Victor)]

Ballot :

1. Mookie Betts
2. Nolan Arenado (Personal Fav)
3. Kris Bryant
4. Mike Trout (Wouldnt think he would be this low, huh?)
5. Josh Donaldson
6. Ian Desmond (Take out that first month and half, and he might be #1)
7. Rougned Odor (My Favorite Texas Ranger with a Mean right hook. Ask Joey Bats. LOL)
8. Daniel Murphy (Probably have him too low, but a tough NL top 10 to crack)
9. Anthony Rizzo
10. Robbie Cano

[Padres GM (Amy)]

Voted for Villar, because I really don't think given the injuries and blahness on my team this year I would be a playoff team without him.

[Pirates GM (Hollar)]

Here's mine:

1. Mike Trout
2. Kris Bryant
3. Mookie Betts
4. Nolan Arenado
5. Ian Desmond
6. Josh Donaldson
7. Daniel Murphy
8. Robinson Cano
9. Rougned Odor
10. Ryan Braun

[Rockies GM (Dan)]

1. Mike Trout - I think the only real argument you can make against him is that my offense is so loaded that you could remove Trout from the Rockies and we'd still have a great shot at winning the division.
2. Mookie Betts - one of only two players with a real shot at 30/30 (along with Trout). Only two categories he beats Trout in currently are RBIs/HRs.
3. Kris Bryant
4. Josh Donaldson
5. Nolan Arenado
6. Daniel Murphy
7. Ian Desmond
8. Ryan Braun
9. Jonathan Villar
10. Anthony Rizzo