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Why Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander is the most valuable player in the American League.

Now that we're out of major awards to second-guess, it's officially safe to turn our attention to the soon-to-be overstuffed Transactions column. But first, let's take a long look at Tuesday's American League MVP results -- and many other revealing t...

Blog | Conversation | November 23, 2010

Johan Santana has had a tremendous season, and the Twins probably would be lost without him. But he's not the AL MVP, writes Jayson Stark.

With two home runs Wednesday, Travis Hafner capped off a monster series against the White Sox and could very well have thrust himself into the AL MVP race.

The top 10 nuggets of the week, including crazy votes from the AL MVP balloting.

With no clear-cut choice and a dozen or more candidates, the AL MVP race couldn't be more wide open.

Some choices are easy: Eric Gagne for NL Cy Young. But other picks will surprise, especially AL MVP.

Hank Blalock could end up being the AL MVP come October with his unlikely heroics off the NL's elite closer.

Joey Votto's got the edge in the NL MVP race, and Felix Hernandez is the leader for AL Cy Young.

Sizing up the most prominent candidates in the races for the AL and NL MVP awards.

The only reason A-Rod won his second MVP trophy is that he plays defense and David Ortiz doesn't.

We have the MVP and LVPs; Cy Youngs and Cy Yuks, tops managers and rookies for a memorable 2004 season.

While Alex Rodriguez is having a spectacular season, Miguel Tejada is the AL's MVP.