Why does the Triple Crown seem underhyped?

Congratulations to Miguel Cabrera on clinching the Triple Crown and AL MVP.

I had hoped Jeter would win this year but it has to be Cabrera.

Anyone still believing Trout is the MVP needs to take a closer look at his numbers. His strikeout totals rose every month this year and he had 35 Ks in September. Over a full season that's over 200 Ks. I look for him to have a huge dropoff in production next year.

 

I don't think anyone was really sleeping on Miguel Cabrera. However, like the aforementioned Manny Ramirez, he has two things going against him - He's somewhere between average and cover your eyes bad in the field, and his off the field reputation is bad. He can hit like a bastard, but he can only hit, and when you're at 1B (mostly) you need to do that for a long time to establish yourself as a Hall of Fame guy. Cabrera is definitely on the way, but so were a bunch of guys at that position.

That being said, coming into the year, I'm pretty sure everyone recognized his value. I'm in two fantasy leagues, and he went 1/1 and 1/3 in them. But I think it's OK to simultaneously hold positions that 1) Miguel Cabrera is a heck of a player 2) Mike Trout is the MVP by justthismuch and 3) the Triple Crown isn't as big of a deal now as it was in the 1960s because players are evaluated differently.

 

Former Tiger Curtis Granderson putting a flicker of drama back in the TC chase with 2 HRs to pull within one of Cabrera and probably 1 more at-bat to come.

But with a huge lead, he won't get another AB after that, and a HR tie would still be good for the Triple Crown (albeit a slightly asterisked one).

 

Has anyone actually looked at Trout's stats besides the almighty WAR? He only has 83 RBIs, the only player in the last 15 years to win with a total that low was Ichiro. But Ichiro was a much better defensive player and was on a 116-win team.

 

You molest collies.

 

Manky is Jim Edmonds?

 

A huge drop off would put him on par with Jetes' best year.

Go back to masturbating while watching the 2001 ALDS on VHS in your grandmothers basement.

 

granderson pinch hit for; the hr title is safe for our triple crown man!

 

That sounds like a guy helping out a former teammate.

Not Favre-Strahan level or anything, but definitely a good buddy concession.

 

Or a manager emptying the bench in a runaway game.

 

I can step into whatever the hell I want. You're no more of an objective authority figure than I am. I will call out snarky assholery. And yes, Casty knows more baseball than you ever will

 

Ad hominem, and appeal to authority. Well done.