Okay, so maybe this isn’t the best timing for promoting Javier Baez for MVP, considering he’s 2-for-9 with five strikeouts in his last two games.
But the Most Valuable Player award is given for an entire season’s worth of work, and Baez has put together the best season of his career and, in my view, merits the MVP award.
Let’s look at a few numbers, all as of the beginning of play Tuesday, September 25. First, his triple-slash line of .292/.327/.566. Yes, it’s obvious that Javy draws few walks, with the OBP being not that much higher than his BA.