Last season, Mike Trout took the world by storm and became the most talked about player in baseball. Sadly, this season, he is even better but plays on a severely disappointing team and has fallen away somewhat as a conversation leader. By the end of the season, he will bring up once again the age old debate on if an Most Valuable Player Award should go to a player on an awful team. Because of his team, he might lose out on the award he deserves for the second straight season.
To illustrate the point, I am simply going to give you some numbers to give you an idea of how special Mike Trout has been. Here are a bunch of numbers and his corresponding rank in baseball based on them:
- WAR - 7.6 rWAR, 7.3 fWAR: First in baseball either way
- wOBA - .424: Third
- Slugging - .574: Fifth
- OBP - .424: Third
- BA - .331: Third
- OPS - .998: Third
- wRC - 101: Second
- Doubles - 32: Third
- Hits - 143: First
- Walks - 67: Third
- Extra base hits - 59: Second
- Runs - 79: Tied for Second
- WPA - 3.40: Seventh
- Base running runs - 6.3: Fourth
- Stolen bases - 24: Tenth
- ISO - .243: Tenth
As you can see by the numbers, Mike Trout can do it all. His fielding numbers have fallen off a bit, but otherwise, Mike Trout is the best overall player in the game this year. Now if only the Angels could get some pitching...
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