Mookie Betts is the American League MVP, and he was a runaway winner for the annual award from the Baseball Writers Association of America.
The Boston Red Sox right fielder was the best player on the best team. That formerly made MVP voting a slam dunk, and it was a dunk for 28 of the 30 voters.
Betts satisfied the old-school voting bloc that believes playing for a winner matters and the voters who are leaning more toward analytics to determine their ballots.
Analytics have added an entirely new perspective on awards voting.