In this post I will show how I would vote, if I was given the chance.

Given the definitions of value in my earlier post, I consider this one…

“relative worth, merit, or importance: the value of a college education; the value of a queen in chess.”

as my best way to evaluate talent and to assign value.

What this means is that I am not going to penalize a player for switching leagues midseason or for being on a poor team. Mark Teixeira, for example, showed more poise than weakness by adjusting from NL pitching to AL pitching and thriving.

Drop the “League”-necessary aspect of it. Anyone who switches leagues is thereby null and void in that case (Manny Ramirez? AL MVP hands down).

So, when I make my votes, I am going to take the last league in which they played and count the players entire year into the consideration. So, for example, C. C. Sabathia started in Cleveland, finished in Milwaukee, but I will treat his stats as if he spent the whole season in Milwaukee.

It’s not perfect, but it is light years better than the system our voters currently go by. Imagine a year where a Pujols 70 HR .500 OBP year gets shafted because of a deadline trade.

Here is the paste of my original 2008 award picks, posted originally on my fantasy baseball forum. In hindsight a few small changes could’ve been made but I stand by everything I wrote:
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2008 Awards

Ah, the MVP. Should only a player on a playoff-contending team be able to win it? Should it go to the best overall player in the league? Should it go to the player that gave the most production-per-dollar? Any of these suggestions could work with an award named Most Valuable Player.

 And also… what happens if a player switches leagues in the middle of a season if the MVP is a league-based award?

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2008 Awards