As we arrive at the dog days of summer, we near the thick of an annual debate throughout the baseball world of what exactly it means to be the Most Valuable Player.
On one side of the fence are those who believe the MVP is simply the best player in his respective league, regardless of how his team ends the regular season. Ever since the arrival of Mike Trout, it’s been pretty easy to determine who holds that title in the AL. But even he has only won the MVP award twice.
The other school of thought is that a team’s success should hold more weight than an individual’s numbers.