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Mike Trout and Christian Yelich are back in a familiar place, all over the
MLB leaderboard, and they’d surprise no one by dominating this season's
voting for the American League and National League Most Valuable Player
Awards.
Cody Bellinger and Paul Goldschmidt are off to great starts and could
challenge Yelich in the NL, while in the AL, A’s third baseman Matt Chapman
could be Trout’s closest competitor. And then there are the dark-horse
candidates. Some of them have emerged, as well.
We haven’t had a dark-horse candidate named MVP since possibly Red Sox
second baseman Dustin Pedroia in 2008. Or maybe a better example is Braves
third baseman Terry Pendleton edging out Barry Bonds in a tight NL race back
in 1991.
Twins first baseman Justin Morneau also won a close race, edging out Yankees
shortstop Derek Jeter in the AL in 2006, a year that saw the top two
candidates separated by just 14 points (320-306) in voting.
Let’s look at seven emerging dark-horse MVP candidates for 2019:
Mike Trout跟Yelich这两位大家熟悉的候选人又回来了
除此之外NL Cody Bellinger跟Paul Goldschmidt也是有力的竞争者
而AL 目前看来Matt Chapman 是Trout最接近的竞争者
要说近年最大的MVP黑马或许非Pedroia莫属、还有2006年的Morneau
(我：绝对是猛牛啦==)
以下列举出可能的MVP 黑马候选人
Luke Voit, 1B, Yankees 1B: He has been in the middle of the Yankee
turnaround, with three home runs and a 1.060 OPS during their recent six-game
winning streak, which ended Thursday. With so many core players on the shelf,
Voit's contributions have been invaluable. If Aaron Judge and Giancarlo
Stanton remain out for a while and Voit keeps on hitting, the narrative could
build around Voit. And remember, he posted a 1.095 OPS in 39 games with the
Yankees last year, which is looking less and less like a fluke.
近来表现很好的Voit，除了帐面成绩还有适时补上Judge与Stanton受伤的缺口的贡献
不要忘记去年Voit在39场比赛中有1.095的OPS，现在看来那表现不只是昙花一现
Paul DeJong, SS, Cardinals: He’s off to a tremendous start, hitting .346
with 17 extra-base hits as the Cardinals have sprinted into first place in
the NL Central. His 1.7 fWAR is tops among all MLB shortstops. Overall, he
trails only Bellinger and Yelich in the NL, and DeJong’s defense at
shortstop has been excellent. An up-the-middle player with power always makes
for a strong MVP case.
DeJong在fWAR紧追Bellinger与Yelich，1.7的fWAR也是MLB SS中最高的
同时DeJong在SS的防守也是非常优秀
Jorge Polanco, SS, Twins: His 1.033 OPS ranks fifth in the AL after the
Twins' win over the Orioles on Saturday, and his 1.3 fWAR is third behind
only Trout and Chapman. That’s how good Polanco has been. Still only 25,
Polanco is off to the best start of his career after reworking both his
mental approach and swing mechanics, as detailed by MLB.com's Mike Petriello
here.
Polanco的1.033 OPS是AL第15，且1.3 fWAR仅落后Trout与Chapman两人
在改善Mental Approach与挥棒机制后，Polanco表现是前所未有的好
Fernando Tatis Jr., SS, Padres: Wow, that happened fast. This 20-year-old may
have transitioned from heralded prospect to legitimate MVP candidate in
record time. His transition has been no transition at all