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MVP: Adrian Beltre
Team fWAR leader? Check. Team wRC+ leader? Check. Team wOBA leader? Check. And no, it's not like Nelson Cruz would have challenged Beltre all that much had he simply not used PED's to get over the weight loss from stomach bug. Nellie couldn't hold a candle to Beltre defensively, even when Beltre had the worst year of his career on defense. Beltre finished his Age-34 season with a wRC+ of 135, a wOBA of .379 and an fWAR of 5.2. He finishes home runs like this sometimes, he has an issue with people touching his head and has an ongoing troll war with Elvis Andrus. He was the Rangers best position player from start to finish this season, and only Craig Gentry's defense kind of/sort of made it a race. Go get your head rubbed, Adrian, get it rubbed good.
