Well they are tied for homeruns, A-Rod has a better OPS, the only advantage Ortiz has is RBI's. Plus A-Rod plays the field. I can see the argument for both sides, but they have both been clutch this year. Look at last night 2-run shot makes the Yanks lead by two and they never looked back. 1st game against the Sox in the 4 game set at Fenway against Schilling, boom Yanks go up by two and never look back. A-Rod has been consistent all year even when the Yanks were struggling and his defense was sub-par and he fixed that. He's only made 11 errors all year(he made 13 last year). Ortiz won't get it because of two things-1) he doesn't play defense 2) Manny will take some votes away from him. Let's face it if Manny wasn't playing for the Sox, Ortiz wouldn't be as good as he is. He sees good pitches to hit because you don't want him to get on base for Manny, who in my opinion is a much better offensive weapon for the Sox.