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Compare A-Rod’s season to Delgado’s, and the Blue Jays posted comparable if not better numbers. Delgado hit .302 with 42 homers, 145 RBI, a .426 on-base percentage and .593 slugging percentage. A-Rod hit .298—the first time he dipped below .300 since 1999—with 47 homers, 118 RBI, a .396 OBP and a .600 SLG. The 118 RBI were his lowest total since 1999 as well...
With runners in scoring position, Delgado hit .357. A-Rod hit .257. With runners in scoring position and two out, Delgado...
Granted, the knock against Delgado is that he faded during the playoff chase, and most of his RBI came in the first half of the year...
...look at Ortiz, who deserved the MVP even more than Delgado. In the last two months of the season, Ortiz hit 19 homers and drove in 47 RBI. He collected an astounding 16 game-winning hits for the Red Sox, which was in the middle of a heated race, first for the AL East and then for the wild card...
...there was no Barry Bonds or Albert Pujols this season. We’re left with A-Rod and Carlos Delgado, the two “statistical” MVPs, and a bunch of feel good, fuzzy stories—like David Ortiz, Jorge Posada and Shannon Stewart—who had nice seasons but who only garnered consideration because their teams...