Judge or Raleigh for MVP?

[todeen]

Raleigh.

The Seattle Mariners started the season nicely. Jorge Polanco was a nice April story, to go along with Cal Raleigh. And then Polanco SUCKED in May. JROD was absent. The saving force was Cal Raleigh in May. And Cal Raleigh in June. Cal Raleigh for July, and then JROD started to wake from his slumber. I get it that Raleigh has less WAR. But Big Dumper carried his team. And instead of slowing down, he kept producing. And he is a high caliber defensive player. He's not platinum glove this year. But he was still good.

People can complain about not enough WAR, low OBP, low average. But Raleigh drove in runs. The most RBI in the league! And what wins ball games? Runs. You know who got on base, but didn't drive in runs? Joey Votto. And lots of people argue against Votto as a HOF'er. Lots of Reds fans think he was a clown.

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[gunboat82]

Originally Posted by todeen

People can complain about not enough WAR, low OBP, low average. But Raleigh drove in runs. The most RBI in the league! And what wins ball games? Runs. You know who got on base, but didn't drive in runs? Joey Votto. And lots of people argue against Votto as a HOF'er. Lots of Reds fans think he was a clown.

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If you want to focus on runs, then you should also look at actual runs scored: Judge: 137; Raleigh: 110.

Judge was busy getting on base for his teammates to drive him in. And he still had 114 RBI... 11 fewer than Raleigh in 7 fewer games.

By your logic, Schwarber is the NL MVP because he had the most RBI, even though Ohtani scored 35 more times.