Winning the NL MVP award has been an uphill battle for anyone not named Shohei Ohtani this season, and while the outfield doesn’t have as much of an uphill battle as the American League outfield does trying to take the award away from Aaron Judge, Ohtani is fine. on track to win his third MVP award no matter what happens in the final month of the season.
One analyst recently said some New York Mets player deserves attention even with the year Ohtani is having.
The Athletic’s Will Sammon recently said that shortstop Francisco Lindor deserves to be in the conversation because his heroics have capped what has been a great season for the Mets.
Francisco Lindor most likely won’t win the NL MVP this year. After all, Shohei Ohtani exists.
But…
Lindor’s heroics for the Mets define his outstanding season, he writes @WillSammon:. He deserves to be in the conversation.https://t.co/9LF5UoU70T pic.twitter.com/erXTKslche
— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) August 25, 2024
Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Lindor’s season “is right up there with everyone in the league.”
The theme comes at an opportune time after Lindor hit a grand slam and a walk-off homer in Saturday’s 7-1 win over the San Diego Padres and now has a .982 OPS in August.
This conversation is fun because it’s never fun to have a boring MVP race decided months before the season ends, but that’s exactly what’s happening here.
We can’t just bring it up after Lindor hits a grand slam and be so flippant that we forget that just one day ago, Ohtani had two grand slams, becoming the fastest player to hit 40 homers and 40 steals. : in season.
Being “in the conversation” means nothing if Lindor has no chance to win the MVP.
