caulfield12 Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 (edited) http://m.mlb.com/news/article/176919454/pi...l-star-starters Adam Eaton leader of the quarter-post AL All-Star team and best MVP candidate at this juncture. Interesting that no other White Sox were named, indicative of how the Sox are getting contributions from many different places. Frazier has the homers and RBI's, but nobody's playing better than Machado (and Arenado in the NL). Abreu has only "decent" numbers for him but is getting outproduced by Big Papi and Victor Martinez. Melky Cabrera's also hitting quite well but still not really close to an All-Star. Then you have Lawrie and Avi Garcia outproducing what was expected but they will need to do it consistently for a year plus to get on the national baseball radar. Kudos to the Orioles for getting Mark Trumbo back on track, also. At 3B, with Beltre, Donaldson, Frazier, Castellanos and Moustakas, you've got an absolutely loaded position when hot corner talent had been trending down 2-3 years ago. Also, a shout-out to Marcus Semien, GreenSox will approve. And, since I'm covering a number of players, didn't realize than Daniel Hudson had a new life as an 8th inning lockdown artist in AZ and is the closer in waiting behind Ziegler at the moment. Thought he was out of baseball. And Trayce's new "shaved dome" look helped him blast a walk-off homer to beat the Mets in a key series. Something for the farm system to be take pride in, even if it's for another team (all good trades require both teams benefit.) Edited May 12, 2016 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shysocks Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Machado would be the runaway MVP if voting took place today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panerista Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Who was the last Eaton type player to win MVP? I'm not questioning the premise, I actually don't know. Ichiro? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 QUOTE (Deadpool @ May 12, 2016 -> 10:28 AM) Who was the last Eaton type player to win MVP? I'm not questioning the premise, I actually don't know. Ichiro? Ichiro or Pedroia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarComing25 Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Over the past calendar year Eaton has been a 6 WAR player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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