You Are Here > > Blog >     Ben Zobrist: MVP  Posted by Andy on
July 4, 2010  Ben Zobrist deserves some serious consideration
for MVP due to certain contributions that don't show up in the
stats.  Last year, Zobrist was in the top 5 in MLB for Wins
Above Replacement with a great value of 7.1:  Rk Player Sean
Smith of')" align="center">WAR/pos Year Age Tm 1 Albert Pujols
9.2 2009 29 STL 2 Joe Mauer 7.9 2009 26 MIN 3 Chase Utley 7.7
2009 30 PHI 4 Hanley Ramirez 7.2 2009 25 FLA 5 Ben Zobrist 7.1
2009 28 TBR 6 Adrian Gonzalez 7.0 2009 27 SDP 7 Chone Figgins
6.9 2009 31 LAA 8 Troy Tulowitzki 6.8 2009 24 COL 9 Evan
Longoria 6.6 2009 23 TBR 10 Derek Jeter 6.5 2009 35 NYY Provided
by View Play Index Tool Used Generated 7/3/2010.  This year,
he's not quite as hot with the bat. He's currently tied for 39th
with a 2.2 WAR. That's certainly not shabby but he's behind
teammates Evan Longoria and Carl Crawford.  However, have you
seen what Zobrist is doing defensively? He's playing a lot of
positions and playing them well.