If postseason did factor in, A-Rod would have no chance at the MVP.
The awards are based on the regular season, because you have to allow for someone on a bad team having a magical season (see Steve Carlton in 1972), and that's the way it should be.
I find it interesting people always harp on how the MVP should go to a player whose team made the playoffs because "if he's so good, why didn't his team make the playoffs", but the same thinking doesn't apply to the Cy Young or Rookie of the Year awards.
My big complaint is pitchers getting votes for MVP. They already have their own MVP award. It's called the Cy Young Award.
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