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Reds MVP - Aurilia?

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050905/SPT04/509050364/1071

That's the Enquirer article: Narron: Aurilia may be MVP. Fay notes that the Reds' slide has occurred when Aurilia got injured.  Ludicrous, I'm sure we would all agree.

So who is the MVP of the 05 Reds? Here's what the fancy-schmancy stats have to say:

Win Shares (from TheHardballTimes.com, through Aug 30)

Dunn     26
Griffey   22
Lopez    16
LaRue    15
Casey    14
Aurilia    13
Randa    11
Freel      11
Valentin  10
Harang    8
Pena       8
Kearns    8

VORP (from BaseballProspectus.com)
Griffey     63.3
Dunn       51.4
Lopez       39.7
Casey      39.0
Randa      27.9
LaRue      25.6
Valentin   22.9
Freel        21.8
Aurilia      19.6
Pena        17.7
Kearns     14.2