[Mick]

Who is your ace starter?  1H, I thought Gausman, but he is leaking oil pretty steadily of late, including last night.  Webb?  What I do like about the rotation is that they have about 4 "2-ish" level starters.  But no Buehler Scherzer combo (unfortunately). 

Since May 10, Webb has had a better ERA (1.57) than all other MLB starters except Jacob de Grom.

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More and more incredible each day.  Again HRs and awesome relief pitching.  Last night 4 innings no runs from the bullpen

Crawford MVP damn right

Crawford has always been an excellent fielder (four gold gloves, led league in SS assists twice, was second once), and a 3x all-star.  Generally, he has better range and accuracy than other NL shortstops.  He's always been an RBI machine, even batting 7th or 8th (which has been typical for him).  But as a career .250 hitter -- and he usually hits about .250 -- he doesn't get into the MVP discussion much.  He's only finished in the Top 20 in MVP voting once, in 2016 when he hit .275 and led the league with 11 triples (the year Kris Brant won). 

Now, Craw is hitting .296/.364./540/.904.  He's on pace to drive in 107 runs with nearly 30 doubles and 25 HRs.  Tatis is injured.  Maybe this is the year for BCraw's MVP.

[Mick]

Who is your ace starter?  1H, I thought Gausman, but he is leaking oil pretty steadily of late, including last night.  Webb?  What I do like about the rotation is that they have about 4 "2-ish" level starters.  But no Buehler Scherzer combo (unfortunately). 

Since May 10, Webb has had a better ERA (1.57) than all other MLB starters except Jacob de Grom.

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More and more incredible each day.  Again HRs and awesome relief pitching.  Last night 4 innings no runs from the bullpen

Crawford MVP damn right

Crawford has always been an excellent fielder (four gold gloves, led league in SS assists twice, was second once), and a 3x all-star.  Generally, he has better range and accuracy than other NL shortstops.  He's always been an RBI machine, even batting 7th or 8th (which has been typical for him).  But as a career .250 hitter -- and he usually hits about .250 -- he doesn't get into the MVP discussion much.  He's only finished in the Top 20 in MVP voting once, in 2016 when he hit .275 and led the league with 11 triples (the year Kris Brant won). 

Now, Craw is hitting .296/.364./540/.904.  He's on pace to drive in 107 runs with nearly 30 doubles and 25 HRs.  Tatis is injured.  Maybe this is the year for BCraw's MVP.