# MLB Veteran Award leaders at 1/6 pole

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**Created:** [May 1, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-veteran-award-leaders-at-1-6-pole/657256 "2013-05-01T21:01:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-veteran-award-leaders-at-1-6-pole/657256/1 "2013-05-01T21:01:32Z")

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Here we are a month into the season, and here are my early veteran award ballots:

AL MVP

Davis  
Santana  
Jones  
Napoli  
Ellsbury  
Jackson

AL Cy Young

Kuroda  
Darvish  
Sanchez  
Buchholz  
Moore  
Iawakuma  
Harrell  
Anderson

NL MVP

Harper  
Choo  
Justin Upton  
Segura  
Desmond  
Buck  
Sandoval  
Johnson  
Pierre

NL Cy Young

Wainwright  
Zimmerman (_extremely_ close)  
Burnett  
Harvey  
Westbrook  
Garcia

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**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-veteran-award-leaders-at-1-6-pole/657256/2 "2013-05-01T21:40:41Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> Pierre

What?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-veteran-award-leaders-at-1-6-pole/657256/3 "2013-05-01T22:19:54Z")

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The bottom 4 are way back.

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-veteran-award-leaders-at-1-6-pole/657256/4 "2013-05-01T22:50:46Z")

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Narrowing it down to realistic contenders:

AL MVP

Davis  
Santana  
Jones  
Napoli

AL Cy Young

Kuroda  
Darvish  
Sanchez  
Buchholz  
Moore

NL MVP

Harper  
Choo (close race)  
Justin Upton  
Segura  
Desmond

NL CY Young

Wainwright  
Zimmerman (close)  
Burnett

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**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-veteran-award-leaders-at-1-6-pole/657256/5 "2013-05-01T23:04:37Z")

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For AL MVP, I’d replace Napoli and Jones with Miguel Cabrera and Robinson Cano. Jones is really close but Napoli just has a bunch of rbi’s and not much else.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-veteran-award-leaders-at-1-6-pole/657256/6 "2013-05-02T00:33:30Z")

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Ian Kinsler for AL MVP. Nobody seems to notice the Rangers are doing well again.