Google pre-emptively awards Mike Trout MVP honors

Mike Trout is having another otherworldly season and is, without question, the leading candidate to win this year's AL MVP award. He leads the league in WAR by a healthy margin, and also has all the traditional stats — 27 homers, 81 runs, 85 RBI, .294 batting average — to back up his case. The fact that his Angels are likely playoff-bound is a nice bonus.

Trout's case is so ironclad that, as For The Win noticed, Google already lists him as the 2014 AL MVP.

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.