However, it pains me to type that Mike Trout might not be most deserving of the AL MVP this season. While you can make a phenomenal case for Trout to win the award, and maybe even make the right case, Alex Bregman has an awfully compelling case as well.
Let’s get this out of the way right now. Mike Trout was the better baseball player than Alex Bregman this year. And no, this article isn’t about how Bregman’s Astros won 106 games while the Angels lost 90 games for the first time since 1999.