Fast fact: 6.87 HR per 100 PA highest percentage in majors last three seasons. Lowdown: Sox have had four MVP winners since Yaz’s Triple Crown season in ’67 — Fred Lynn (1975), Jim Rice (1978), Roger Clemens (1986), and Mo Vaughn (1995). Team’s slide out of contention last season probably cost Big Papi some hardware in a year that his name was linked to Jimmie Foxx (whose club record for HRs he broke) and Babe Ruth (whom he tied for most HRs on the road). At an age (31) where it pays to be trimmer, a slimmed-down Ortiz should be in MVP mix again.