Joey Votto of the Cincinnati Reds won the 2010 SB Nation National League MVP. Votto led the Reds to the NL Central Division by hitting .324/.424/.600, with 37 home runs and 113 RBI. Votto received 27 of the 33 first place votes from SB Nation bloggers, outdistancing Albert Pujols of the Cardinals. Pujols won last year's SB Nation NL MVP unanimously.
All you have to know about the Dodgers season is that 27 different people got a vote as one of the 10 most valuable players in the National League, and there was not a Dodger among them. Here are the voting results:
| Rk | Player | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Joey Votto |
Reds |
27 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 322 |
| 2 | Albert Pujols | Cardinals | 5 | 26 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 300 |
| 3 | Troy Tulowitzki | Rockies |
- | - | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 184 |
| 4 | Carlos Gonzalez |
Rockies | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 178 |
| 5 | Ryan Zimmerman |
Nationals |
- | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 2 | 159 |
| 6 | Adrian Gonzalez | Padres |
- | - | 6 | 8 | 4 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 145 |
| 7 | Matt Holliday |
Cardinals |
- | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 121 |
| 8 | Roy Halladay |
Phillies | - | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 110 |
| 9 | Aubrey Huff |
Giants |
- | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | 7 | 2 | - | 2 | 75 |
| 10 | Jayson Werth |
Phillies | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 46 |
| 11 |
Ubaldo Jimenez |
Rockies |
- | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 23 |
| 12 |
Andres Torres |
Giants |
- | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 20 |
| 13 | Josh Johnson |
Marlins | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 15 |
| t14 | Adam Wainwright |
Cardinals |
- | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| t14 |
Dan Uggla |
Marlins | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| t14 | Ryan Howard |
Phillies | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 17 | Brian McCann |
Braves | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| t18 | Kelly Johnson |
Diamondbacks |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 12 |
| t18 | Rickie Weeks |
Brewers | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 20 | Ryan Braun |
Brewers |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 21 | Adam Dunn |
Nationals |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| 22 | Jay Bruce |
Reds | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 6 |
| 23 | Buster Posey |
Giants | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| t24 |
Chase Utley |
Phillies | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| t24 | Scott Rolen |
Reds |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| t24 | Tim Lincecum |
Giants |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| 27 | Angel Pagan |
Mets |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Points are awarded on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis, just like the BBWAA award, which will be announced at 11 a.m. today. Phil Gurnee and I each submitted a ballot for the SB Nation award. Here are our ballots:
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Eric: Pujols, Votto, Halladay, Ubaldo, Zimmerman, Holliday, Tulo, Wainwright, Johnson, Huff
- Phil: Votto, Pujols, A.Gonzalez, Tulo, C.Gonzalez, Werth, Zimmerman, Huff, Rolen, Holliday
Have at it, folks...