Mike Trout Is Bull’s-Eye Choice for AL MVP as MLB’s Consensus Best Player

It feels like an upset that Mike Trout won the American League MVP. That says enough about where the baseball world is.

Or rather, where it's been.

In the weeks, days and hours leading up to Thursday's big announcement, it seemed like everyone was bracing for Trout (and fellow finalist Jose Altuve) to fall short of Mookie Betts in the AL MVP vote.

Trout had numbers, as usual. But Betts had numbers and what's historically a big advantage: His Boston Red Sox made the playoffs and also won 19 more games then Trout's Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Angels
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