Goldschmidt is no stranger to the MVP talk, having finished second in the voting in 2013 and '15, and 11th last season.
Last year was considered down by Goldschmidt's standards, but his slash line of .297/.411/.489 are numbers that a lot of other players would love to have.
"He's consistent," D-backs outfielder A.J. Pollock said. "He's really good at when something is going wrong, he locks it in pretty quickly.