" This is Ken Rosenthal of foxsports.com. Well there wasn't much drop. Joe Mauer you unanimous choice as American League MVP. First place votes on 27 up 28 ballots including mine. You have a vote in this race and really the only difficult part was deciding to through ten. Number one was rather easy. There's one interesting parallel to another race that recently cited another awards race that the end up -- out. If you call several voters including myself a bit of a vote not one as well. -- penalize Chris Carpenter because he missed some time. And certainly -- trying to draw a distinction between him and the become an Adam Wainwright that hurt him. Well now that the entire first month that he didn't put his performance this year was so extraordinary. That really there was no other choice. To protect it interest -- you care about such things Mark Teixeira Derek Jeter ran to me on my ballot. I had given you good second in July 3 because the Yankees were -- it would -- war after you return. This at third and Jeter will six behind him him out. I had Miguel Cabrera had. You do that they've won first place vote it is fourth on my original ballot but I dropped him after his escapades the final weekend. When he left the park went out drinking apparently. In of course had that incident with his -- Huge distraction for the Tigers in the middle of the most important series of the season. The MVP criteria. Includes. One item that says general character loyalty disposition and effort. Cabrera -- on those standards by the final weekend performance. And that's why I dropped in the way I did. But back in the story the main story Joe Mauer -- BP might not be -- You can line. The agent after next season between the -- spend a lot of money a lot of energy trying to get him locked up long term this winter."