Why Yadier Molina is the NL MVP

I don't get a vote for the MVP.  Maybe after they read my blog they will give me a vote as one of the Baseball Writers of America.  If I had a vote this year it would go to Yadier Molina.  I wouldn't fault anyone for voting for Buster Posey, Ryan Braun, or Andrew McCutcheon, but my vote is for Molina.  Here's why:
1.  Braun and McCutcheon had fantastic seasons, but they were not valuable enough to get their teams into the postseason.  I know this is completely unfair, especially considering that McCutcheon (at least until August) and Braun almost singlehandedly got their teams into October baseball.  The Cardinals won the Wild Card, and Molina is the biggest reason why.  (This argument, of course, also works for Posey)
2.  The numbers - His traditional season numbers were .315 avg, 22 HR, 76 RBI.  These numbers are not herculean, but they are very good considering...
3.  ...he played 136 games this year as catcher.  Catcher is the most underrated position in sports.  The pitcher makes the pitches but the catcher calls the game.  Yadier Molina gets more out of his pitchers than any other catcher in baseball.  Kyle Lohse and Lance Lynn combined for 34 wins in 2012!  I realize that the catcher argument could be made for Posey, whose offensive numbers were much better than Molina's (.336, 24, 103).  However, Molina caught 25 more games than Posey (who played a bit of 1B and even 3 games of DH), and plays catcher much better than Posey.  They threw out roughly the same number of would be base stealers but Posey had almost 3x as many runners steal safely (Posey-87, Molina 38).
4.  Here is what, in my opinion, puts Molina over the top.  He played catcher for a team who lost its manager from last year, has a first year manager this year, lost the 2nd best offensive player of my lifetime in the offseason, lost his best pitcher (Chris Carpenter - only pitched 17 innings) to injury, had his 2nd best pitcher (Wainwright) returning from over a year off, lost their 2nd best offensive player from '11 (L. Berkman) to a knee injury, and still led them to the postseason.

Posey hit more home runs and his team won more games, but the MVP is not about numbers, it is about value.  No player was more valuable to his team this year.  Forget about stats like WAR (wins above replacement), Molina leads the league in just about every category which cannot be quantified with statistics.