Ryan Braun named NL MVP

[Goober]

Discuss how awesome Ryan Braun is here.

[Champ]

Not really a surprise. Good player

[NAHSTE]

Ryan Braun is great.


Matt Kemp should have been the 2011 NL MVP though.

[Colonel Angus]

Ryan Braun is great.


Matt Kemp should have been the 2011 NL MVP though.

He wasn't valuable. Without him the Dodgers still would have sucked.

[Boucher]

[]_[] yessir

[Colonel Angus]

Link didn't work.

[NAHSTE]

He wasn't valuable. Without him the Dodgers still would have sucked.

That's true. Ryan Braun's teammates being better than Matt Kemp's is really important criteria to consider for an individual award.

Excellent point.

[Colonel Angus]

:michaelscott:

[moneyman255]

Without Braun, Brewers wouldnt make the playoffs.

Without Kemp, Dodgers would have been in 4th place instead of 3rd place.

[FedEx227]

I hate this argument because I love Ryan Braun too

[FedEx227]

Without Braun, Brewers wouldnt make the playoffs.

Without Kemp, Dodgers would have been in 4th place instead of 3rd place.

Again, really stupid way to decide an individual award.

[Colonel Angus]

[NAHSTE]

Without Braun, Brewers wouldnt make the playoffs.

Stop it.

[Goober]

Higher wOBA and ISO, therefor better hitter. Ryan Braun won. Fuck Yeah!

/endargument

[moneyman255]

Again, really stupid way to decide an individual award.

I agree, but when the #'s are so similar, you really have to factor in all the clutch hits Braun had in Sept. The diving catch that saved multiple runs in the division-clinching game, then the 3 run go-ahead HR in that same game. It's easier to hit when their is no pressure, compared to what Braun did to lead the Brewers to the first divison since 1982.

Look at the numbers, everything is pretty much similar. So when that is the case, you have to look at what Braun did in the meaningful games.