Year End Award Series - Baseball Player Of The Year 2002

[PeterDragon]

Once again since there is no MVP debate here on wether a player should win for personal achievement or how he impacted his team with his play. This is stricly on who was the best player

The same way you can't disregard stats for MVP, I don't think you can fully disregard how a player impacted his team.

That is why, as much as I feel he can be an Asshole, I cast a vote For Bonds.
Got his homers, played defense (although doesn't quite have range he used to), took his walks when they wouldn't pitch to him, and pushed his team into post season.
One reason you can't disregard team is that it is easier to hit homers when they don't mean much - It is much harder to perform while being pitched around, and when you only have 1 or 2 opportunities to help your team.

It really is too bad A-Rod chose to take the money and play with a nothing team - I'd love to see him on a winner again (unless it was the Braves)