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In a crowded field, we SB Nation baseball bloggers didn't have much of a problem settling on the top players in each league.
Mike Trout won the Player of the Year rather handily, and Buster Posey met only a little more resistance on his way to the NL's award. The results, and I apologize if the tables blow out mobile view:
American League
| Player | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Trout | Los Angeles Angels | 22 | 4 | 344 | ||||||||
| Miguel Cabrera | Detroit Tigers | 4 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 249 | ||||||
| Robinson Cano | New York Yankees | 1 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 189 | ||||||
| Adrian Beltre | Texas Rangers | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 177 | |||||
| Justin Verlander | Detroit Tigers | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 115 | |||||
| Josh Hamilton | Texas Rangers | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 70 | |||||
| Ben Zobrist | Tampa Bay Rays | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 64 | ||||
| Adam Jones | Baltimore Orioles | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 58 | |||||
| David Price | Tampa Bay Rays | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 44 | ||||||
| Prince Fielder | Detroit Tigers | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 44 | ||||
| Edwin Encarnacion | Toronto Blue Jays | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 43 | |||||
| Alex Gordon | Kansas City Royals | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 29 | |||||
| Felix Hernandez | Seattle Mariners | 2 | 3 | 3 | 25 | |||||||
| Joe Mauer | Minnesota Twins | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 24 | |||||
| Austin Jackson | Detroit Tigers | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 19 | ||||||
| Torii Hunter | Los Angeles Angels | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| Fernando Rodney | Tampa Bay Rays | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| Josh Reddick | Oakland Athletics | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||
| Albert Pujols | Los Angeles Angels | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
| Josh Willingham | Minnesota Twins | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Chris Sale | Chicago White Sox | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Alex Rios | Chicago White Sox | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Dustin Pedroia | Boston Red Sox | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Yoenis Cespedes | Oakland Athletics | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| J.J. Hardy | Baltimore Orioles | 1 | 1 |
National League
| Player | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buster Posey | San Francisco Giants | 26 | 6 | 3 | 442 | |||||||
| Ryan Braun | Milwaukee Brewers | 7 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 330 | |||||
| Andrew McCutchen | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 277 | |||||
| David Wright | New York Mets | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 204 | ||
| Chase Headley | San Diego Padres | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 190 | |||
| Yadier Molina | St. Louis Cardinals | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 189 | ||
| Jason Heyward | Atlanta Braves | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 90 | ||||
| Aramis Ramirez | Milwaukee Brewers | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 48 | ||||
| Michael Bourn | Atlanta Braves | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 47 | |||||
| Matt Holliday | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 28 | |||||
| Joey Votto | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 25 | ||||||
| Clayton Kershaw | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 24 | ||||||
| Gio Gonzalez | Washington Nationals | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | ||||||
| Aaron Hill | Arizona Diamondbacks | 3 | 4 | 4 | 21 | |||||||
| Ian Desmond | Washington Nationals | 2 | 3 | 2 | 19 | |||||||
| Jay Bruce | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |||||||
| R.A. Dickey | New York Mets | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | ||||||
| Giancarlo Stanton | Miami Marlins | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |||||||
| Carlos Ruiz | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||
| Adam LaRoche | Washington Nationals | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| Matt Kemp | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| Johnny Cueto | Cincinnati Reds | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| Martin Prado | Atlanta Braves | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
| Carlos Gonzalez | Colorado Rockies | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Chipper Jones | Atlanta Braves | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Bryce Harper | Washington Nationals | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Allen Craig | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| Melky Cabrera | San Francisco Giants | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| Ryan Zimmerman | Washington Nationals | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Carlos Beltran | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Craig Kimbrel | Atlanta Braves | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Alfonso Soriano | Chicago Cubs | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Paul Goldschmidt | Arizona Diamondbacks | 1 | 1 |
My ballot: Mike Trout, Miguel Cabrera, Robinson Cano, Adrian Beltre, Josh Hamilton, Justin Verlander, Austin Jackson, Adam Jones, Prince Fielder, Felix Hernandez.
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