Don't have that big of a problem with Ryan Howard winning it. He put up some big numbers and proved a lot of people wrong who thought he might endure the dreaded 'sophomore jinx' after his rookie season.
What I don't like about how the voting goes is it's almost entirely statistically driven, with the HR column - - and wins for pitchers - - shining brightest in the eyes of the voters.
There's no argument that Howard and Albert Pujols were both extremely valuable to their respective teams this year. But in terms of pure value, and VALUE is part of the award's name, the debate as to who was the most valuable to his team's offense would point more to Pujols than Howard: