Breaking Down the Wide-Open National League MVP Race

Right now, as many 10 players can reasonably say they deserve to be the National League's MVP. According to the numbers, who has been the league's best player so far?

A few weeks ago, it seemed as if the National League playoff field was set. The Los Angeles Dodgers were (and still are) going to run away with the West by 21 games, and the Washington Nationals were (and still are) going to do something similar in the East.

But things are tight in the Central, with the Chicago Cubs holding a slim 2.5-game lead on the Milwaukee Brewers. And now that long ago it seemed as if the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies had the two wild card spots locked up, but the Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals…