CHICAGO -- What's the best way to determine who the Most Valuable Player is on a team? Is it batting average? Is it RBIs? Home runs? Or maybe you look at the complete package and consider the Cubs' Javier Baez.
Baez entered Thursday's action leading the National League in RBIs, but he wasn't in the top 50 in on-base percentage at .333 while eight of his teammates were, including Kris Bryant, who is on the disabled list. Baez did begin the series opener against the Padres ranked 11th in the NL in batting average at .