Does everything Javier Baez brings add up to an MVP?

KANSAS CITY -- It's a topic gaining momentum, at least in Chicago, where you can't turn on a sports-radio talk show without someone claiming that Chicago Cubs All-Star infielder Javier Baez is the leading candidate for National League MVP honors. They have a good point -- he's having a great season -- but is it the prevailing thought outside the city?

Based on an informal poll conducted in the early days of this month, if the season ended right now, Baez would be lagging behind others for the award. Of the 10 people asked, including eight members of the Baseball Writers Association of America, only two chose Baez as the winner. And one did so reluctantly.

For good measure -- just to make sure…