LOL, look at the stats in his last couple of postseasons. Dont get me wrong, he is a great player,just NOT the MVP. Why do you need "glue" to hold a line up together that is the highest paid in baseball,by a TON? They still would have won the division with-out him in the line-up. Twins would not have made the playoffs without either one of their 2 big bats. A's would not have won w/o the Big Hurt. But his lower average hurts him.
This season
Jeter .343 14 HR 97 RBI 34 SB
Maur .347 13 HR 84 RBI 8 SB
Morneau .321 34 HR 130 RBI 3 SB
A-rod overrated? Are you kidding me? Check his stats up until this year...and include last year...he did win some kind of award last year didnt he? PLEASE dont say,"yeah,but..." The guy has done in with good teams(Sea,NY) and a BAD team with no line-up protection(Tx). He is overrated compared to...what?
personally i'm a NL guy,so I dont really care that much about the AL,just giving a honest assesment! That and I think ANY AL team in the playoffs would beat whoever the NL sends this year.