[Matthew80]

Briefly, a lot of players have had better years than Cabrera and never won the Triple Crown.

If you can't see beyond baseball card #s, then, yes, Cabrera had the best year in the league. The Triple Crown is a great story and notable accomplishment, but that's not the true measure of a hitter's value, to say nothing of their total value to winning.

And the argument about Cabrera taking his team to the playoffs as a reason to vote for him over Trout shouldn't carry weight considering what the Angels have done since Trout joined the team in late April and what division the Tigers play in.

My prediction is Cabrera winning in a close race, but I think the voters will have gotten it wrong. Congratulations to both of them, though, as each would be a clear winner if the other played in the National League.