I am biased but I am going to go ahead and say it. Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers deserves to be the MVP of the National League. Clayton Kershaw deserves to win the Cy Young Award. Will they win? I doubt either one will finish in the top three for their respective awards. There has always been a voter bias against players whose teams have losing records.
Matt Kemp not winning I would probably be able to understand more. The voters believe that the most valuable player should be the main contributor to his team winning. I don't believe the Dodgers have even been over .500 since the middle of April. I would really hate to see the Dodgers record without Matt Kemp's .300+ batting average, 31 Homeruns, 100 RBI's, and 33 stolen bases.
Clayton Kershaw is another story. Felix Hernandez of the Seattle Mariners defied the odds and won the American League Cy Young award in spite of the Mariners record. I was reading an article a couple of weeks ago and some writer was quoted as saying that he would not vote for Clayton Kershaw because of the Dodgers record. Clayton Kershaw (to this point in the season) is the best pitcher in the National League. Period. 16-5, 2.50+ ERA. I would love to see him get to 20 wins and not give the voters a choice in the matter.
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