The longest MVP drought by position in the majors belongs to shortstop, which hasn’t seen one of its own claim the honor since Jimmy Rollins in 2007. Every position in the American League, meanwhile, has won an MVP award since Alex Rodriguez last claimed it for shortstops in 2003 as a member of the Rangers. It has been a tough decade for the game's most important defensive position.
That drought is almost certain to end in the immediate future. MLB is at the beginning of a golden age of shortstops, with an influx of talent at the position over the last few seasons that would seem impossibly abundant if we didn’t all watch it happen.