CHICAGO -- Cubs manager Joe Maddon weighed in on the emerging National League MVP race about the only way he knew how. Asked if the winner should be first baseman Anthony Rizzo or third baseman Kris Bryant -- the latter of whom went 5-for-5 on Thursday in the Cubs' 9-6 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers -- Maddon basically said yes.
“They share one name,” Maddon said. “Bryzzo. Maybe Bryzzo can be named MVP. Who knows?”
There’s been one tie in NL MVP voting, back in 1979, when Willie Stargell and Keith Hernandez split the vote.