MVP Predictor-7/21/10

Crazy week in "The Predictor" standings...lots of shuffling in the NL and a new league leader!

A couple of questions to ponder this week:

How much should the team's record play into a player's MVP score?

How much should the player's 2nd half totals play into their chances? How about their Sept/Oct totals?

Here are this weeks rankings:

(I'm leaving the scores off because its too hard to format)

AL

Rank Player Previous

1 Cabrera 1

2 Hamilton 2

3 Morneau 3

4 Cano 4

5 Youkilis 5

6 Guerrero 6

7 Konerko 8

8 Beltre 9

9 Longoria 11

10 Crawford 7

Out: Swisher (10)

NL

Rank Player Previous

1 Pujols 2

2 Votto 1

3 A. Gonzalez 4

4 Holliday 9

5 Howard 11

6 Wright 3

7 Huff 7

8 Ethier 6

9 Dunn 5

10 Prado 10

Out: C. Gonzalez (8)

Notes:

-In the AL, Cabrera remained in the lead despite a strong week by Hamilton (13-26)

-Cabrera's lead slipped from 7.73 points last week to a mere .77 points this week...could we see a new leader next week?

-Morneau remains in 3rd despite being placed on the DL for a concussion and not seeing action since July 7

-As the Cardinals pass the Reds in the division, Pujols also passes Votto for the NL lead. St. Louis leads Cincy by 1/2 game...Pujols leads Votto by .23 points. Its creepy how similar their stats are.

-Ryan Howard holds the week's biggest jump thanks to a big week (9-24, 4 HR's)