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The Baseball Writers' New VP Pulled The Ol' Switcheroo With His American League MVP Vote

Erik Malinowski, deadspin.com

On September 30, LaVelle E. Neal III, the Twins beat writer for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, wrote an impassioned summation of why Angels super-rookie Mike Trout should be considered the clear favorite for American League MVP. It's short, but it's actu…

CNNSI.com

NEW YORK (AP) -- Miguel Cabrera has a Most Valuable Player award to go with his Triple Crown. And Buster Posey has an MVP prize to put alongside his second World Series ring.

Kevin Kaduk, yahoo.com

So 2012's great American League MVP debate is finally over and Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera is walking home with the hardware after being placed first on 22 of the 28 ballots. He certainly had a stellar season so it's hard to label Mike Trout's…

T.R. Sullivan, MLB.com

Josh Hamilton and Adrian Beltre both had seasons that were worthy of Most Valuable Player consideration. They just weren't as good as the Tigers' Miguel Cabrera.

Anthony Castrovince, MLB.com

The Angels made the right decision in letting Torii Hunter leave, and the Tigers made the right decision in welcoming Hunter aboard.

Evan Drellich, MLB.com

Plenty of front offices will be revered well in history. But the respect held for the Indians' management team of the past dozen years is paralleled in very few places, if any.