MVP: Mauer Vs. Pujols

The MVP's of Baseball were announced over the last couple of days. The American League MVP was Joe Mauer of the Minnesota Twins. Mauer had the best batting avg. in the Majors with a .365. He also had 28 home runs and 96 RBI's. Also Mauer practically carried the Twins into the postseason. The big question for Mauer is whether he will stay with the Twins long term or go elsewhere when his contract is up. He says he likes Minnesota and I personally hopes he stays there. Not many players out there that play for one team entirely anymore.

The National League MVP was a repeat as Albert Pujols won his third MVP trophy. He lead the Majors with 47 Home runs. He also batted a .327 with 135 RBI's. Pujols was clearly the best player in the National League as he lead his Cardinals to the playoffs. He also got all the first place votes for NL MVP. Pujols might be the best player of this generation as he has a nice swing, a great impact on the offense, and is even pretty good at first base. Pujols might even get over 400 homers for his career next season.

But who is the true MVP. Taking in the facts that both player's teams got to the playoffs and then were eliminated in the first round, I think Joe Mauer is the Bigger MVP this year. To be clear, Pujols is the better player and had the better season but Mauer carried his team into the playoffs while Pujols had a bit more help. Mauer was more important to the Twins than Pujols was to the Cardinals. Both still important, But Mauer just a bit more.