With less than a week left in the regular season, there’s a lot about the Chicago Cubs’ season to be decided. Can Joe Maddon‘s club capture a third-straight National League Central crown? How will the NL Wild Card picture wind up sorting itself out?
Aside from the standings though, these teams’ two stars continue to battle it out for National League Most Valuable Player honors. First-year Brewer Christian Yelich has his team on the brink of returning to the postseason for the first time since 2011.
Meanwhile, in the absence of Kris Bryant for much of the season, Chicago infielder Javier Baez continues to impress, setting career-highs in virtually every offensive category while filling holes all over the diamond defensively.