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Josh Hamilton is the most underrated MLB MVP

Look, I get the sympathy vote for Hamilton's comeback story - addiction, redemption, all very heartwarming. But "most underrated MVP"? Come on! The guy had exactly ONE transcendent season in 2010, and even then he lost the MVP to Josh Bautista who had better numbers across the board. You want underrated MVPs? Try Andre Dawson in '87 - won it on a last-place Cubs team, which is basically impossible today. Or how about we talk about the MVPs Hamilton should have prevented? Mike Trout got robbed multiple times by inferior players while Hamilton was putting up decent-but-not-MVP numbers. Hamilton's 2010 was great theater, sure, but MVP voters got caught up in the narrative instead of the numbers. His OPS+ that year was 174 - excellent, but not historically dominant. Meanwhile, guys like Barry Bonds and Ted Williams never get their due because people focus on the flashy comeback stories instead of sustained excellence. The most underrated thing about Hamilton isn't his MVP case - it's how quickly people forget he was basically a .250 hitter with injury problems for most of his career. One magical season doesn't make you underrated; it makes you a flash in the pan.

I agree with your points, but you have to agree, he put up monster numbers for someone like him. For example, he led the AL in Batting Average, Slugging, and OPS. Hit for the highest average in Rangers franchise history for a single season. Recorded the longest hitting streak in the majors that year (23 games). Won the AL Championship Series MVP Award. He helped a Rangers team who wasn't very good go out and win a AL Championship. And i agree about his stats after but I just think his season isn't very appreciated

You're making my point for me! You're so dazzled by the Rangers finally winning something that you're giving Hamilton credit for the entire organization's turnaround. That 2010 Rangers team wasn't "not very good" - they had Nelson Cruz, Ian Kinsler, Elvis Andrus, and a rotation anchored by Cliff Lee and Colby Lewis. Hamilton didn't carry them; he was the cherry on top of an already solid sundae. And here's the kicker - all those beautiful stats you mentioned? They resulted in him LOSING the MVP to Joey Bautista! The voters saw the numbers and said "eh, not quite enough." If his own season wasn't convincing enough to win the award when it happened, how is it underrated now? You want to talk about Rangers franchise records? That's like being the tallest building in Tulsa - congratulations, but the bar wasn't exactly set high. The Rangers were historically awful for decades. The real crime here is that we're even debating this when Miguel Cabrera's 2012 Triple Crown gets dismissed because of sabermetrics, or when Trout puts up historically great seasons and loses to inferior players. Hamilton had one magical year, lost the MVP anyway, and somehow that makes him underrated? That's not underrated - that's properly rated by people who weren't caught up in the comeback story.