Mike Trout and Clayton Kershaw are both some of the best players in baseball today. It was no surprise when both of them won the MVP award in their league. Mike Trout has always been an MVP candidate but Miguel Cabrera stole it from him. Clayton Kershaw was the usual Cy Young award winner but has never been in a MVP show. Both of these players had lots of obstacles to go through. Clayton Kershaw had to beat out Giancarlo Stanton and Andrew McCutchen while Mike Trout had to go in front of Michael Brantley and Victor Martinez. Mike Trout hit 36 home runs and drove in a league leading 111 RBIs. He also scored 115 runs leading all of MLB. Mike has also won the all-star MVP award, too. Mike Trout was not as aggressive of the base paths like he used to be only stealing 16 bases. Clayton Kershaw had a great record of 21-3 with 239 strikeouts. Clayton Kershaw also posted a 1.77 ERA. That is really good. Mike Trout was also a very good defender in 2014. Since Clayton Kershaw is a pitcher, he doesn’t get to make great plays like Mike Trout does. Clayton Kershaw really did dominate everybody he saw.