Justin Morneau – 2006 AL MVP
Minnesota Twins firstbaseman Justin Morneau won a tight vote for 2006 AL MVP over NY Yankees SS Derek Jeter. Don’t get me wrong Morneau put up some very good numbers, but I’m not sure Justin was even the MVP on the Twins. Certainly he provided the power, but Joe Mauer, with his breakout season, might have been Miinesota’s MVP. In either case, Jeter, IMHO, deserved to win the this year’s Most Valuable Player Award. While Derek didn’t hit for the power that Justin did, he had an outstanding year with the bat, played outstanding in the field at shortstop, and was the leader of the NY Yankees.
Your wrong. Morneau carried the team and was very clutch. He deserved this.