MVP Update

Prior to the start of the season the four members of the show gave our preseason predictions on who we thought would win this year's MVP awards. Those predictions can be found under the MLB section on the homepage. Currently looking across the majors we see a handful of guys that are putting up numbers that are worthy of MVP consideration. Here are a few:


American League

Josh Hamilton TEX OF
.368 Average - 20 HR - 53 RBI - 37 Runs - 4 Steals - .422 OBP

Adam Jones BAL OF
.308 Average - 14 HR - 31 RBI - 34 Runs - 8 Steals - .349 OBP

Paul Konerko CHW 1B
.399 Average - 11 HR - 33 RBI - 31 Runs - 0 Steals - .476 OBP

Edwin Encarnacio TOR 3B/1B/DH
.274 Average - 15 HR - 39 RBI - 26 Runs - 6 Steals - .337 OBP


National League

Matt Kemp LAD OF
.359 Average - 12 HR - 28 RBI - 29 Runs - 2 Steals - .446 OBP (34 games played)

David Wright NYM 3B
.382 Average - 5 HR - 28 RBI - 32 Runs - 5 Steals - .484 OBP

Carlos Beltran STL OF
.290 Average - 15 HR - 41 RBI - 31 Runs - 5 Steals - .388 OBP

Andrew McCutchen PIT OF
.342 Average - 8 HR - 25 RBI - 28 Runs - 10 Steals - .401 OBP

Ryan Braun MIL OF
.312 Average - 13 HR - 34 RBI - 32 Runs - 9 Steals - .386 OBP

Carlos Gonzalez COL OF
.302 Average - 10 HR - 36 RBI - 37 Runs - 7 Steals - .375 OBP

Giancarlo Stanton MIA OF
.292 Average - 11 HR - 34 RBI - 28 Runs - 2 Steals - .363 OBP




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Alex Wiesner