MVP Watch: Pujols still ahead
Since we first posted our sabermetric MVP rankings on Aug. 8, the good folks at Fangraphs have changed the way they express WPA to be in hundredths. No matter, as Albert stills leads in MVP rankings:
| Rk | Player | WPA | WS | Score | 8/8 | change |
| 1 | Pujols | 7.12 | 30 | 213.6 | 1 | |
| 2 | Beltran | 4.64 | 34 | 157.8 | 4 |  |
| 3 | Howard | 6.00 | 22 | 132.0 | 5 | |
| 4 | Cabrera | 3.99 | 30 | 119.7 | 8 | |
| 5 | Berkman | 3.70 | 27 | 99.9 | 2 |  |
| 6 | Wright | 3.45 | 24 | 82.8 | 7 | |
| 7 | Utley | 3.51 | 23 | 80.7 | 3 | |
| 8 | Bonds | 3.46 | 19 | 65.7 | 9 | |
| 9 | Soriano | 2.32 | 28 | 65.0 | 11 | |
| 10 | Webb | 3.36 | 18 | 60.5 | 6 | |
The race is much closer in the AL:
| Rk | Player | WPA | WS | Score |
| 1 | Ortiz | 6.30 | 22 | 138.6 |
| 2 | Jeter | 5.25 | 25 | 131.3 |
| 3 | Dye | 5.45 | 22 | 119.9 |
| 4 | Ramirez | 3.99 | 26 | 103.7 |
| 5 | Hafner | 4.41 | 23 | 101.4 |
| 6 | Papelbon | 5.33 | 17 | 90.7 |
| 7 | Giambi | 4.02 | 22 | 88.4 |
| 8 | Morneau | 3.69 | 21 | 77.5 |
| 9 | Santana | 3.47 | 21 | 72.9 |
| 10 | Thome | 2.95 | 22 | 64.9 |