2012 AL MVP Finalists
 

via mlb twitter

Gotta be Cabrera!!

This one is easy, Miggy and enough said

Should be Miggy. Triple Crown winner leads team to World Series.

How is Cano on this list?! Easy choise, Miguel "shoot me" Cabrera.

Miguel Cabrera Wins AL MVP

I had Cabrera, but Trout had a great argument - the best all-round player in baseball this season.

The more I think about it, I'm not sure the voters got this right - it is clear that Trout was the best all round player in MLB this season, and his team did finish with a better record than the Tigers, playing in a tougher division.

The reasons I gave my imaginary vote to Cabrera were because I still like runs scored and RBI (tough sh*t if your teammates stink), the Tigers, not the Angels, made the playoffs (though not Trout's fault), and I still have a slight distrust of the defensive sabermetrics.

That being said, had the Halos, not the Tigers, made the playoffs, or, if the defensive metrics were as legit (read: trustworthy) as the offensive, there is no question I would've thrown my support towards Trout.