Ryan Braun finishes third, Sabathia sixth in NL MVP voting

Braun appeared on 25 ballots, as high as second on two of them, and edged out Manny Ramirez by one point for third place.

The top ten and one other:
1. Albert Pujols, 369 points, 18 first place votes
2. Ryan Howard, 308 points, 12 first place votes
3. Ryan Braun, 139 points
4. Manny Ramirez, 138 points
5. Lance Berkman, 126 points
6. CC Sabathia, 121 points
7. David Wright, 115 points
8. Brad Lidge, 104 points, 2 first place votes
9. Carlos Delgado, 96 points
10. Aramis Ramirez, 66 points
20. Prince Fielder, 11 points

UPDATE: Changed the link to include full voting results.

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Nice

I thought Berkman and (irrationally) Manny would beat out Braun. Way to go BBWAA!

by senryu on Nov 17, 2008 1:15 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

CC finished sixth.

Gagne finished Gagneth (or 4,323,231th).

Tararreling our way to the finish line.

by MooseHaas on Nov 17, 2008 1:23 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

hahaha

by tcyoung on Nov 17, 2008 2:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Uncle Tom Haudricourt

had Pujols 7th. what a joke

by marty22 on Nov 17, 2008 2:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Was he one of the first place votes for Lidge?

I can’t figure those out. Where do you even start to build an argument for that?

If either of those voters also voted for Volquez for Rookie of the Year, they shouldn’t be allowed to write about baseball anymore.

I don't specifically articulate my motives, because that wouldn't travel as well as a boo does.

by KLSnow on Nov 17, 2008 2:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

hard to figure out

there are a lot of those

by ol Pete on Nov 17, 2008 2:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

At least he owned up to it, I guess

I like that the BBWAA site screwed up Nate McLouth’s name.

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by TheJay on Nov 17, 2008 3:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

And Fielder above Braun

1. Ryan Howard, Phil
2. CC Sabathia, Mil
3. Manny Ramirez, LA
4. Carlos Delgado, NY
5. Aramis Ramirez, Chi
6. Prince Fielder, Mil
7. Albert Pujols, Stl
8. Ryan Ludwick, Stl
9. Ryan Braun, Mil
10. David Wright, NY

by oconnobe on Nov 17, 2008 3:03 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Well,

That explains how Fielder got one sixth place vote and no other votes above 8th.

I don't specifically articulate my motives, because that wouldn't travel as well as a boo does.

by KLSnow on Nov 17, 2008 3:26 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Haudricourt is a buffoon

That ballot is ridiculous.

by Marty McSuperFly on Nov 17, 2008 4:14 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Post updated

I don't specifically articulate my motives, because that wouldn't travel as well as a boo does.

by KLSnow on Nov 17, 2008 2:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Umm Chase Utley is not on there

Undoubtedly the best defensive 2b in the majors, hit .292/.380/.535, he’s 15th in the voting.

Howard’s one of the worst 1b on defense in the majors, and he hit .251/.339/.543 and he’s second.

Isn’t that mixed up? It used to be that the voters overvalued the high BA, good defense, fewer strikeouts, white middle infielder over a guy like Howard. I’d argue that Utley was worth a ton more than Howard this year— 20-30 runs more or 2-3 wins.

And neck size to baby eating ratio.

by Jordan M on Nov 17, 2008 3:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but

Howard led the league in RBI’s! He’s a run driver-inner!

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by TheJay on Nov 17, 2008 4:32 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Justin’s total value stats:

Utley: 53 off, 23 field, 76 total

Howard: 37 off, -15 field, 22 total

That is 5 wins.

And neck size to baby eating ratio.

by Jordan M on Nov 17, 2008 6:42 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I expected him to finish second

just because that’s always how it is ;-)

Nah, I’m impressed he finished as high as he did. Honestly, given all the hype, I expected CC to finish above him.

"If loving CC is wrong I do not want to be right"
"If lovin’ Braun is wrong, I want to be a repeat offender"

by kirbir on Nov 17, 2008 7:08 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Since no one else has said it

What were Pujols’ MVP chances before Carlos Villanueva woke him up in late August?

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by TheJay on Nov 17, 2008 8:41 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Pretty good

He was OPSing 1.106 through August 24th.

by Marty McSuperFly on Nov 18, 2008 5:53 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

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