Bryce Harper vs Mike Trout

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put up competition for Miguel Cabrera, the reigning MVP Triple Crown winner. Harper was a good player, but he wasn't even close in the running for MVP. Harper batted .270 with 22 homers, 59 RBI, and attained an OPS of .817, which as all less than Trout. Mike Trout is a case that can be proven. There's enough proof in his batting statistics that state what they are exactly. Mike Trout has also had more experience than Bryce Harper which may have had an effect on his 2012 campaign. In 2011, Mike Trout made a late-season debut on July 8th. He only played 40 games. But in those 40 games, he batted .220. The article "MIKE TROUT" in the Esquire magazine Chris Jones writes, "Although he cooled off in August, his numbers still defy most logic, especially if you saw him make his late-season debut with Los Angeles in 2011 (when he batted just .220 in forty games)..." (163). He came back from a 40 game stint in 2011, to just leave his competition in the dust in 2012. Mike Trout had ...

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-6.7 in the same category." Adam Jones is another center fielder that won the award. Now it's interesting, Adam Jones beat BOTH Harper and Trout, but Trout had a better statistical advantage than Jones. That can only prove that he was indeed better than Harper, if he was better than Jones. Another reason why Bryce Harper may not have the edge on this argument is because he only played 7 games in left field in 2012. He's a left fielder but he played most of his games in center. Also as a younger teenager, Harper was actually a catcher. The only reason the Nationals converted him to play the outfield was to prolong his baseball career. But even then, Mike Trout has still managed to be the ...

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