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Mike Trout and Christian Yelich are back in a familiar place, all over the
MLB leaderboard, and they’d surprise no one by dominating this season's
voting for the American League and National League Most Valuable Player
Awards.
Cody Bellinger and Paul Goldschmidt are off to great starts and could
challenge Yelich in the NL, while in the AL, A’s third baseman Matt Chapman
could be Trout’s closest competitor. And then there are the dark-horse
candidates. Some of them have emerged, as well.
We haven’t had a dark-horse candidate named MVP since possibly Red Sox
second baseman Dustin Pedroia in 2008. Or maybe a better example is Braves
third baseman Terry Pendleton edging out Barry Bonds in a tight NL race back
in 1991.
Twins first baseman Justin Morneau also won a close race, edging out Yankees
shortstop Derek Jeter in the AL in 2006, a year that saw the top two
candidates separated by just 14 points (320-306) in voting.
Let’s look at seven emerging dark-horse MVP candidates for 2019:
Mike Trout跟Yelich這兩位大家熟悉的候選人又回來了
除此之外NL Cody Bellinger跟Paul Goldschmidt也是有力的競爭者
而AL 目前看來Matt Chapman 是Trout最接近的競爭者
要說近年最大的MVP黑馬或許非Pedroia莫屬、還有2006年的Morneau
(我：絕對是猛牛啦==)
以下列舉出可能的MVP 黑馬候選人
Luke Voit, 1B, Yankees 1B: He has been in the middle of the Yankee
turnaround, with three home runs and a 1.060 OPS during their recent six-game
winning streak, which ended Thursday. With so many core players on the shelf,
Voit's contributions have been invaluable. If Aaron Judge and Giancarlo
Stanton remain out for a while and Voit keeps on hitting, the narrative could
build around Voit. And remember, he posted a 1.095 OPS in 39 games with the
Yankees last year, which is looking less and less like a fluke.
近來表現很好的Voit，除了帳面成績還有適時補上Judge與Stanton受傷的缺口的貢獻
不要忘記去年Voit在39場比賽中有1.095的OPS，現在看來那表現不只是曇花一現
Paul DeJong, SS, Cardinals: He’s off to a tremendous start, hitting .346
with 17 extra-base hits as the Cardinals have sprinted into first place in
the NL Central. His 1.7 fWAR is tops among all MLB shortstops. Overall, he
trails only Bellinger and Yelich in the NL, and DeJong’s defense at
shortstop has been excellent. An up-the-middle player with power always makes
for a strong MVP case.
DeJong在fWAR緊追Bellinger與Yelich，1.7的fWAR也是MLB SS中最高的
同時DeJong在SS的防守也是非常優秀
Jorge Polanco, SS, Twins: His 1.033 OPS ranks fifth in the AL after the
Twins' win over the Orioles on Saturday, and his 1.3 fWAR is third behind
only Trout and Chapman. That’s how good Polanco has been. Still only 25,
Polanco is off to the best start of his career after reworking both his
mental approach and swing mechanics, as detailed by MLB.com's Mike Petriello
here.
Polanco的1.033 OPS是AL第15，且1.3 fWAR僅落後Trout與Chapman兩人
在改善Mental Approach與揮棒機制後，Polanco表現是前所未有的好
Fernando Tatis Jr., SS, Padres: Wow, that happened fast. This 20-year-old may
have transitioned from heralded prospect to legitimate MVP candidate in
record time. His transition has been no transition at all