Ryan Braun Wins NL MVP Award

Ryan Braun Wins NL MVP Award 

Ryan Braun has been announced the NL MVP, this is after he lead the Brewers to win their first division title after three decades.

He got 20 out of 32 votes for the first place, and also got 388 points voted by members of The Baseball Writers’ Association of America. He really worked hard throughout the season, however: Los Angeles center fielder Matt Kemp received 10 first-place votes and finished second with 332 points.

This is Braun said after the win:

“I’m not going to pretend like I wasn’t anxious or nervous because I was. I was obviously thrilled, excited. It’s honestly difficult to put into words how much this means to me.”

On the other hand, Braun’s teammate Prince Fielder grabbed third spot with one first-place vote and 229 points, and Arizona’s Justin Upton (one first-place vote, 214 points) finished fourth. St. Louis’ Albert Pujols finished fifth, the 11th straight year the three-time MVP has appeared in the top 10.


Braun’s victory comes a day after Detroit’s Justin Verlander added the AL MVP to his Cy Young. And Braun was full of praise for Verlander:

“I think he was the single most dominant player in baseball this year. As a position player I’m biased to the fact that I think position players should be at the forefront of the award but if you honestly look at what he accomplished, how much he meant to that team and how dominant he truly was you cannot make any argument against him winning that award.”