RE:Damn Yankees
For the mvp to be a DH he would have to be by far the best hitter in baseball. You said it yourself their numbers are very comparable. That means that ortiz isnt close. As for the arguments that ortiz has been the better hitter I can make at least as strong of an argument for Arod. BTW Arod has more hrs that tied or put his team ahead than Ortiz does. He has more GW RBIs as well. The consensus best measure of a hitter right now is OPS and Arod wins in that. Also in the close and late game situations which is the only possible argument for Ortiz, Arod has a higher OBP and BA. Basically Arod gets on more often but when Ortiz does get hits he hits them further in those situations.
In overall numbers Arod beats Ortiz in
BA, OBP, OPS, HR, Steals, Slugging, Runs,
In overall numbers Ortiz beats Arod
RBIs and BB.
That doesnt even include the fact that Arod is a near gold glove level 3rd baseman. Also other than just the steals he is more valuable on the bases because he doesnt clog the bases and he can go from first to third on a single. Small things like that all favor arod but they dont even have to be mentioned because One of the many things Arod does well is better than the ONLY thing Ortiz does well.
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