Sentence examples for more valuable player from inspiring English sources

As the years have passed, though, I've come to realize that Suzuki, perhaps more than any other player, has an ability to trick you into believing that he is a far more valuable player than he actually is.

PAGE 7 ICHIRO SUZUKI'S TRICK The Seattle Mariners star Ichiro Suzuki has an ability to trick you into believing that he is a far more valuable player than he actually is.

Along the way his greatness has been widely accepted, but this week Benjamin Hoffman took a look at Suzuki's career and contended that he was not doing everything he could to make his team win and that by drawing more walks and stealing more bases he would be a far more valuable player.

The Giants announced yesterday that they would not use the franchise tag on either cornerback Jason Sehorn or running back Tiki Barber, two of the team's more valuable players.

Putting it all together, Chandler is one of the more valuable players in the N.B.A. Win Shares is an estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player through his offense and his defense.

Among the more valuable players is Rufus Sewell as Thomas Clarkson, a reformer whose passion seems to tip into zealotry when he speaks about the French Revolution; you half expect him to pull on some wellies so he can wade through the blue blood about to spill over the Place de la Concorde.

The Japanese hurler, a star in his home country, who put up some of the best pitching numbers in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, is lesser known in these parts despite his current status as one of the more valuable players in the league.

When Barra is arguing that Mantle and Mays should have won more Most Valuable Player awards, he wields stats like one of Babe Ruth's 36-inch, 40-ounce bats, and he's right.

A tenacious rebounder and defender, Williams emerged as one of the league's more valuable role players while playing for Knicks Coach Lenny Wilkens in Toronto.

Card counting recognizes that in blackjack, face cards and 10's are more valuable to the player, while lower cards are better for the dealer.

Lee is a much more serious Most Valuable Player candidate right now than David Ortiz, who got off to a slow start, or Alex Rodriguez, who is injured.