09-23-2006, 02:17 AM
Keyser Soze Wrote:this is purely hypothetical, but who would be more valuable on the phillies? beltran or howard? i'd have to say beltran because he is a more multidimensional player.
you never know with these things, they picked arod one year on a last place team because he was such a statistical monster.
but it seems like there a howard lovefest in the media and they want to promote a home run slugger who appears to be 'clean' to improve baseball's image so i believe he will win it.
Howard is on a team that traded away Bobby Abreu, and his team got better. The Mets have so many players that are great and integral to the team; you can't point to just one guy and say he's the one who carried that team on his back. If Beltran went down, they have players who could shoulder the load. If Howard went down, no way would the Phillies be as close to the playoffs as they are right now. The Mets have coasted to the playoffs through the entire season, the Phillies haven't.