Are you telling me defense isnt valuable? The bottomline is Ortiz has a major advantage and he still doesnt have better numbers then A-Rod. You said that the rules say that DH is a position which is true but its simply an advantage. Plus your brought up the "MVP = Most valuable player" point. Well as long as Andre Dawson, Don Mattingly and A-Rod won the MVP with teams that didnt make the playoffs then I will interpet the "MVP" award as an award for the best player in each league.