MVP Race Tightens with Ohtani & Pete Crow-Armstrong Leading

But then you got the National League MVP, who Ohtani is a slight favorite over Pete Crow Armstrong, but you can't have two MVPs that are DHs. I mean, Pete Crow Armstrong plays the field, he's a great center fielder, his numbers almost match Ohtani, and two DHs are your MVPs, most valuable players in Major League Baseball. I mean, what does that say about the state of the game? Yeah, not a good look, right? And you're going to have to give it to Albert. He may win the Triple Crown, I'm literally joking. He's got to have the batting. He's got a 29-point lead in the batting title, right? So he's winning the bat, for sure. He's got a two-run home run lead in the home run race. So, okay, that's close. And then he's got a seven-point cushion, seven-run RBI cushion for the second-place team. So that one's pretty good, too. It's a home run, but if he gets it, he's definitely getting it. There's no way in the world you cannot give it to him if he gets the Triple Crown. Nationally, like you said, you could find some different guys if you wanted to. I mean, Ohtani, listen, if you just want to give it to Ohtani every single year, you can, but the pitching, how much is that going to influence it? Should it? Should you just separate the two? He's not going to get the Cy Young like they set out, supposedly, this season. There are too many other guys now. He's been hurt too much. He hasn't pitched as much. So he's not getting that. So can you have an Ohtani year in which he doesn't get anything, you know? Maybe. Maybe. What are you going to give it to him? Well, him and Pete Carl Armstrong, their numbers are identical. Home runs, they're both leadoff hitters. They're both hitting about the same. They're both, you know, except Pete Carl Armstrong has got more stolen bases, I believe. But also, he plays the field, Scott. I mean, there's a big difference with that, no? You would think, I mean, he's got 29 home runs, stolen bases, Ohtani only has six. So you would think that would go into it. I don't, as hard as it is to figure out a season without Ohtani getting something, I don't think they would give it to him again, if you have Pete Carl. Especially if the Cubs, you know, continue, you know, it'd be nice if they won the division. But he's having a good year, you'd expect. You know, 26 homers, bat 290, has 69 RBIs, he's on pace for 100 RBIs, probably end up with 30, 32, 33 home runs. That's a pretty strong year. So we'll see the love. And it's not like Ohtani's going to blow by him. Right, yeah. I mean, he's not going to hit 60 home runs, he's not going to have like this one category in which he's, you know, dominated here. Plus, you got, you're going to have the Ohtani voting fatigue, you know, there has to be, at some point. Yeah. I mean, does him not playing the field, though, be offset by him pitching? Even though he hasn't pitched that that much this year, but he's pitched it off. You know, is that the thing that's going to make it flip to back to being Ohtani? Well, okay, you didn't play the field, but you started 25 games, whatever it ended up being. That, boy, that's going to be tough. Ohtani is having a good year, 297, so it's about seven, eight points higher. A couple more home runs, one more RBI. That'll be real. I'm telling you, it's good. It's good. As your MVP, unbelievable.