This is an attempt at my first blog post...
Adrian Gonzalez is not the MVP of the American League. Mark Teixeira is certainly not. Neither is Paul Konerko.
Jose Bautista is easily the MVP of the American League when looking beyond the traditional statline. Sure, Adrian Gonzalez's .349 AVG and 73 RBI looks nice compared to Jose Bautista's .330 AVG and 54 RBI, but Jose Bautista is dominating Adrian in just about every other statistically category.
Jose Bautista's OBP, SLG, wOBA, and wRC+ prove this. Jose Bautista is currently sitting on a .479 wOBA. .479, which easily beats Gonzalez's mark of .425 by an astounding 54 points. Jose Bautista gets on-base almost half the time, with his current OBP being .473, which transcends Gonzalez's .404 OBP by 69 points. Bautista leads Adrian Gonzalez in SLG by 84 points, as well. This totals a 153 point difference in OPS.
Bautista plays in a less loaded Blue Jays' lineup. This is the reason his RBI are lower, and the reason he gets walked so much. Meanwhile Adrian Gonzalez has many more pitches to hit because he is in front of many well respected Red Sox hitters.
Based off of what I hear, Adrian Gonzalez is the front-runner for the AL MVP. That should not be the case, considering Jose Bautista is having a far more productive year.
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