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Originally Posted by Matthew80
Trout's AVG/OBP/SLG, an offensive line that better reflects value than AVG/HR/RBI, is so very, very close to Cabrera's, that his overwhelming defensive superiority and ABSOLUTELY ridiculous baserunning superiority makes him the MVP, in my judgment.
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Cabrera had better plate patience. Trout struck out/plate appearance was .249 compared to Cabrera's .158. OBP is important, but sometimes you can be helpful when you at least put the ball in play. So when your OBP is off by only 3/1000th of a point then you have to look at other stats.
Cabrera also had a PA/RBI average of .223 compared to Trout's .130. So at the plate Cabrera was more helpful to his team.
On the bases Trout is obviously better.
For defense, Cabrera is ranked number 3 on Fielding Percentage for 3rd basemen, and Trout is ranked at number 5 of Center Fielders (19 for Fielding Percentage among all Out Fielders).
So it is pretty close. I can see why the voters have to really think about it. Though I would go with Cabrera.