Sabermetric MVP update: NL top 20
A lot of people are writing about NL MVP candidates these days, and the trendy favorite seems to be Matt Kemp, though of course the locals are talking up Albert Pujols. Both are top-rail players, but what do the numbers say?
| Rk | Name | Team | WAR | WPA | MVP |
| 1 | Matt Kemp | Dodgers | 8.3 | 5.71 | 14.01 |
| 2 | Joey Votto | Reds | 6.9 | 6.58 | 13.48 |
| 3 | Roy Halladay | Phillies | 8.0 | 4.71 | 12.71 |
| 4 | Ryan Braun | Brewers | 6.9 | 5.21 | 12.11 |
| 5 | Cliff Lee | Phillies | 6.7 | 4.47 | 11.17 |
| 6 | Prince Fielder | Brewers | 4.8 | 6.11 | 10.91 |
| 7 | Clayton Kershaw | Dodgers | 6.8 | 3.83 | 10.63 |
| 8 | Ian Kennedy | Diamondbacks | 4.9 | 5.23 | 10.13 |
| 9 | Albert Pujols | Cardinals | 5.6 | 4.38 | 9.98 |
| 10 | Lance Berkman | Cardinals | 4.6 | 5.09 | 9.69 |
| 11 | Cole Hamels | Phillies | 5.0 | 4.19 | 9.19 |
| 12 | Justin Upton | Diamondbacks | 6.7 | 2.38 | 9.08 |
| 13 | Shane Victorino | Phillies | 5.8 | 2.81 | 8.61 |
| 14 | Troy Tulowitzki | Rockies | 6.4 | 2.21 | 8.61 |
| 15 | Pablo Sandoval | Giants | 5.3 | 2.84 | 8.14 |
| 16 | Carlos Beltran | - – - | 4.6 | 3.47 | 8.07 |
| 17 | Andrew McCutchen | Pirates | 5.6 | 2.05 | 7.65 |
| 18 | Matt Holliday | Cardinals | 4.9 | 2.61 | 7.51 |
| 19 | Hunter Pence | - – - | 4.3 | 2.99 | 7.29 |
| 20 | Matt Cain | Giants | 5.4 | 1.83 | 7.23 |
The Cardinals have two top-10 candidates in Pujols and Berkman (and three in the top 20), whose candidacy deserves as much backing as Pujols’s. But with four games left in the campaign, it appears that Kemp is equal to the hype. Allow us to add our voice to the KEMvP cheers.
November 17th, 2011 at 8:59 pm
madbid…
[...]Fungoes » Blog Archive » Sabermetric MVP update: NL top 20[...]…