To nobody's surprise (one hopes), Minnesota backstop Joe Mauer is your 2009 AL MVP. Yankee teammates Mark Teixeira and Derek Jeter split the Bronx vote to finish second and third, respectively. Tiger Miguel Cabrera, who finished fourth, received one first-place vote, with all the others going to Joltin' Joe of the Twin Cities.
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