Rationalizing why Mike Trout is bad and your guy is the undisputed MVP is an experience that every American League fan will go through at some point over Trout’s career, but tonight on the Houston Astros’ broadcast, the announcers started really grasping at straws. The game tonight featured the two frontrunners for AL MVP: Mike Trout and José Altuve. There are compelling cases for both players, but one stat that should definitely not factor into any voter’s consideration? Runs scored. Astros analyst Geoff “Blummer” Blum disagrees! He brought up Altuve’s superior run count while comparing the two players. “I know Mike Trout is a high-powered guy with those 28 home runs, said “Blummer” by way of writing down Trout’s 47-point edge in OBP as essentially meaningless. �…
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