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SB Nation Baseball Awards: Jose Bautista Wins American League MVP Award

Is his back foot in the air?

Today, we publish the 4th SB Nation Baseball Award, the American League MVP, and Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista narrowly beat out Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury to win the award. I am surprised as Ellsbury's breakout year won me over this season.

Jason submitted the AL MVP ballot for Fake Teams and here is how he voted:

1. Jacoby Ellsbury, BOS

2. Curtis Granderson, NYY

3. Justin Verlander, DET

4. Jose Bautista, TOR

5. Miguel Cabrera, DET

6. Ian Kinsler, TEX

7. Dustin Pedroia, BOS

8. Adrian Gonzalez, BOS

9. Robinson Cano, NYY

10. Ben Zobrist, TB

A look at the results for all of SB Nation's baseball writers after the jump:

Star-divide

 

 

Num Name 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Total
1 Jose Bautista 10 9 2 2 211
2 Jacoby Ellsbury 7 9 3 3 196
3 Miguel Cabrera 2 1 6 5 4 4 2 164
4 Curtis Granderson 1 2 5 5 2 5 1 1 143
5 Justin Verlander 3 3 4 2 3 1 1 1 130
6 Dustin Pedroia 1 3 4 2 4 1 2 86
7 Ian Kinsler 1 2 2 4 2 3 1 1 74
8 Adrian Gonzalez 2 2 5 1 5 2 57
9 Evan Longoria 2 2 2 3 3 51
10 Alex Gordon 2 2 1 1 1 2 33
11 Robinson Cano 1 1 1 2 2 2 32
12 Alex Avila 2 1 1 3 2 25
13 CC Sabathia 3 3 1 1 24
14 Ben Zobrist 2 3 1 4 23
15 Adrian Beltre 1 1 1 2 2 23
16 Michael Young 1 1 1 14
17 Mike Napoli 1 1 12
18 Paul Konerko 2 6
19 Jered Weaver 1 1 4
20 Elvis Andrus 1 3
21 James Shields 2 2
22 David Ortiz 1 2
23 Victor Martinez 1 2
24 Brett Gardner 1 1
25 Dan Haren 1 1
26 Mark Texeira 1 1

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I'm confused...

It looks like there are 23 votes total for Bautista.
22 votes total for Ellsbury.
24 votes total for Cabrera.

Did a person actually leave Bautista off their ballot and TWO people leave Jacoby off their ballot?

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by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 10, 2011 1:14 PM EST reply actions  

Looks like it

Pretty insane voters out there.

by dudedudedude on Nov 10, 2011 1:16 PM EST up reply actions  

yeah

it appears some sites chose not to vote….ok, more than some. I think going forward it should be mandatory. I mean, how difficult is it?

I am not sure what is worse, not voting or giving Kershaw a 5th place vote in the NL CY voting.

Ray Guilfoyle
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www.mlbdailydish.com

by Ray Guilfoyle on Nov 10, 2011 1:19 PM EST up reply actions  

A 5th place vote still gets points

Leaving the top two players off the ballot completely is just absurd.

by dudedudedude on Nov 10, 2011 1:22 PM EST up reply actions  

Yeah, but even if a site chose not to vote entirely, the ballots should still be even.

How could two people turn in ballots without Ellsbury?

On the other hand, the baseball writers of america typically do a lot of weird/bad voting too.

follow @casetines

by Kenneth Arthur on Nov 10, 2011 1:48 PM EST up reply actions  

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