As we start to turn the corner to the final stretch of the baseball regular season, people’s thoughts inevitably turn towards the MVP and Cy Young discussions. We’ve already seen at least one HOT TAEK in that regard, and I’m sure there will be plenty more. In the NL, however, there seems to be a 2-horse race between Kris Bryant and Corey Seager. I’d like to run down the top 10 candidates for NL MVP, and then focus on those 2.
Daniel Murphy leads the NL in slugging by nearly 50 points. Inexplicably, he’s been the best pure hitter in the NL with a 159 wRC+, and only a surprising lack of walks (especially for someone with his power numbers) puts a slight damper on his offensive ability.