My wonderful colleague Mr. Gorbachav5 penned a rather convincing take yesterday on why Angel fans should be OK with conceding this year's MVP title to Josh Donaldson. No doubt, Donaldson had a great season worthy of MVP consideration. He might even be a reasonable choice to win it. But he shouldn't. He comes close, but the player who provided the most value in the American League during the 2015 season was, for the fourth straight year, Mike Trout.
First, because it never gets old:
That alone should be enough to convince you Trout deserves the hardware.