Unfortunately for Mike Trout an injury he had been playing through, got to be too much and Trout was shut down for the final 20 games of the season due to a neuroma (pinched nerve) in his foot. With Trout out, his chief competition the Astros Alex Bregman tried furiously to catch up. The question becomes: Did Bregman do enough in the eyes of the voters to steal the award away from Mike Trout.
Looking at the numbers
When you do a head-to-head comparison it is interesting how much the numbers match-up. The one key difference to consider is that Trout played in 22 less games than Bregman.