SB Nation DC - Joey Votto Wins 2010 NL MVP, Ryan Zimmerman Finishes 16thhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48897/dc-fave.png2010-11-22T14:34:05-05:00http://dc.sbnation.com/rss/stream/15943532010-11-22T14:34:05-05:002010-11-22T14:34:05-05:00Joey Votto Wins 2010 NL MVP, Ryan Zimmerman Finishes 16th
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<p>It's official: the 2010 NL MVP winner is <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.redreporter.com/">Cincinnati Reds</a> slugger <span>Joey Votto</span>. The first baseman topped <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.vivaelbirdos.com/">St. Louis Cardinals</a> star <span>Albert Pujols</span> in a rout, <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2010/11/22/1830250/2010-nl-mvp-joey-votto-mlb-albert-pujols">picking up</a> 31 of a possible 32 votes in a landslide victory. </p>
<p>We are not here to nitpick at Votto winning. He is a deserving candidate. Instead, we will nitpick at something else: <span>Ryan Zimmerman</span> finishing 16th. The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.federalbaseball.com/">Nationals</a>' third baseman was outstanding this year, but he still somehow finished behind guys like <span>Martin Prado</span>, <span>Ryan Howard</span> (who wasn't even as good as <span>Adam Dunn</span>), <span>Scott Rolen</span>, <span>Buster Posey</span> (a rookie!) and <span>Brian Wilson</span> (a closer!). Nobody is suggesting that Zimmerman should win, of course, but in light of the voters getting it right and making <span>Felix Hernandez</span> the AL Cy Young winner despite playing on a terrible team, we should point out that they got it wrong in having Zimmerman that far down the list.</p>
<p>Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post <a href="http://twitter.com/AdamKilgoreWP/statuses/6786353241006080">summed it up better than anyone:</a></p>
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Ryan Zimmerman: 3rd in NL WAR(FG), 7th in OPS+, 4th in UZR, 16th in MVP. Everyone can take back what they said about Felix winning Cy. <a rel="nofollow" title="#Nats" href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Nats">#Nats</a></p>
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<p>Zimmerman got two seventh-place votes, an eighth-place vote, two ninth-place votes and three 10th-place votes. Teammate Adam Dunn finished in a tie for 21st with <span>Brian McCann</span>, picking up one seventh-place vote, one ninth-place vote and three 10th-place votes.</p>
https://dc.sbnation.com/2010/11/22/2324905/joey-votto-wins-2010-nl-mvp-ryan-zimmerman-finishes-16thMike Prada