Every Team’s 2017 Regular Season MVP… Because Why Not?

Boston Red Sox: Chris Sale

New York Yankees: Aaron Judge

Baltimore Orioles: Jonathan Schoop

Tampa Bay Rays: Steven Souza Jr.

Toronto Blue Jays: Justin Smoak

Cleveland Indians: Corey Kluber (could have been one of many players though)

Minnesota Twins: Brian Dozier

Detroit Tigers: Michael Fulmer, because Justin Upton was traded

Kansas City Royals: Eric Hosmer

Chicago White Sox: Jose Abreu

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: Mike Trout

Texas Rangers: Elvis Andrus

Houston Astros: Jose Altuve

Seattle Mariners: Nelson Cruz

Oakland Athletics: Khris Davis

New York Mets: Jacob deGrom

Washington Nationals: Anthony Rendon

Atlanta Braves: Freddie Freeman, as a first baseman or a third baseman.

Miami Marlins: Giancarlo Stanton

Philadelphia Phillies: Aaron Nola

Chicago Cubs: Kris Bryant

Milwaukee Brewers: Eric Thames because I feel bad giving it to Travis Shaw for half a season

Pittsburgh Pirates: Andrew McCutchen

St. Louis Cardinals: Tommy Pham, potential Rookie of the Year if it weren’t for Cody Bellinger

Cincinnati Reds: Joey Votto

Los Angeles Dodgers: Cody Bellinger

San Francisco Giants: Buster Posey

Arizona Diamondbacks: Paul Goldschmidt

San Diego Padres: Brad Hand, because who else would it be?

Colorado Rockies: Charlie Blackmon

Leave your thoughts, gripes and disagreements below in the comments section. This was all for fun though, treat is as such. Thank you in advance!

Betances, Kelley Collapse in 8th as Yankees Lose Heartbreaker to Orioles

Michael Pineda threw 5 innings of one-run ball and Francisco Cervelli took Chris Tillman (7 IP, 2 ER) deep for a two-run home run, but due to the late and sudden struggles of the Dellin Betances/Shawn Kelley duo the Yankees found a way to lose to the Orioles tonight, 5-3, in the series finale at Camden Yards.

After Cervelli launched that homer in the top of the third, surprisingly, the Yanks had a comfortable 2-0 lead, one that'd hold for a while thanks largely to the two-hit, four-strikeout performance of the aforementioned Pineda.

Nonetheless, with one out in the eighth frame Betances, who had retired the previous seven batters without issue, surrendered a solo shot to O's Second Basemen Johnathan Schoop, tying the contest in an unexpected way.

Also, Schoop's blast allowed Baltimore to bring the top of their lineup to the plate, an unfortunate happening that, following a hit and a walk off Kelley, eventually set up a go-ahead three-run shot by Adam Jones to pretty much end the competition.

Yes, in the top of the ninth New York scored on a Chase Headley groundout, but since that obviously wasn't enough to even the score the Yankees did fall in the end, the fourth straight game that's happened.

Whitley's One Bad Innings Costs Yankees Big in Rain-Shortened Loss to Orioles

While Chase Whitley is undeniably a good pitcher, it seems obvious now that no, he isn't somebody the Yankees can rely on. 

The 25 year old prospect, 4-2 with a 4.94 ERA entering tonight, simply isn't one who can last deep into games, something the Yanks' could really use nowadays with their worn out bullpen. 

For example, in this evening's finale in Baltimore, Whitley lasted just 3 2/3 innings, surrendering three earned runs as the Orioles won pretty easily 3-1.

To start off the contest, Bombers Center Fielder Brett Gardner did take O's Starter Kevin Gausman (5 IP, 1 ER) deep to right, although from then on the Pinstripes struggled to do anything, collecting just three singles while never reaching second to put an unfair pressure on Whitley.

Now in his first three frames of work, #39 did look decently sharp, striking out four (three swinging) while allowing just two hits.

However, in the bottom of the fourth all of that effort was wasted, with Whitley walking Nelson Cruz to start the at-bat before giving up a two-run home run to the sub .200 hitting Chris Davis, followed shortly by another RBI Single from Johnathan Schoop to give Baltimore an advantage.

Immediately after that hit from Schoop, the Yanks' rookie was replaced by David Huff, who finally recorded the last out of the frame, an endeavor that wouldn't end up proving relevant due to New York going down 1-2-3 in their half of the fifth.

Unbeknownst to the Yankees at the time, that turn, which included routine putouts of Ichiro Suzuki, Kelly Johnson, and Yangervis Solarte, would be their last of the night, as rain during the Orioles' next frame ended things after the minimum five innings, with a 2-hour, 20-minute delay only pushing back the inevitable.  

Tanaka Solid, But No Offense Hurts Yankees in Another Loss To Baltimore

While Yankees' ace Masahiro Tanaka is definitely a talented starting pitcher, he is by no means perfect.

The 25-year-old Japanese Rookie, 11-1 with a 1.99 ERA going into today, usually makes a couple of mistakes in each of his outings, something that hasn't really cost him yet.

Well, in this afternoon's rubber game against the Orioles it did, as Tanaka struggled to get big outs in a surprising, 8-0 loss.

For most of his performance, the possible future Cy Young did cruise, although a second inning homer from Johnathan Schoop and another pair of runs late ended up ruining his chance of winning, as the youngster surrendered 3 trips around the bases over a solid 7 frames.

During the outing, Tanaka struck out just 6, helping raise his still-good ERA to 2.11, now just the second best in the American League.

After his departure, despite his recent successes, Adam Warren allowed another 4 Baltimore runs, pretty much making the contest a blowout.

To make things even worse, Mark Teixeira left the ballgame in the bottom of the eighth after getting hit in the foot, although later on an X-Ray would come back negative, the only good thing that happened to the offense in the contest.

Yep, for the second day in a row the Yanks' bats fell silent to a less-than-amazing O's starter, collecting just 4 hits over 7 innings off Chris Tillman.

The performance of Tillman, who came into the outing with a 4.82 ERA, clinched for Baltimore another series win in the Bronx, their second already in 2014.

Interestingly, in both sets the Bombers actually took the opener, with them then being outscored 33-10 in the other four contests, a big reason why they are now just tied for second place in the AL East.