00:00But then you've got the National League MVP,
00:02who Ohtani is a slight favorite over Pete Crow Armstrong.
00:06But you can't have two MVPs that are DHs.
00:10I mean, Pete Crow Armstrong plays the field.
00:14He's a great defender, great center fielder.
00:16His numbers almost match Ohtani.
00:19And you're going to two DHs are your MVP's most valuable players
00:24in Major League Baseball.
00:25I mean, what does that say about the state of the game?
00:28Sure. Yeah, not a good look, right?
00:31And you're going to have to give it to Alvin.
00:33He may win the triple crown, literally, Joe.
00:35He's got to have the batting.
00:37He's got a 29-point lead in the batting title, right?
00:39So he's winning the bat for sure.
00:41He's got a two-run home run lead in the home run race.
00:45So, okay, that's close.
00:46And then he's got a seven-point cushion, seven-run RBI cushion
00:50for the second-place team.
00:51So that one's pretty good, too.
00:54It's a home run.
00:55But if he gets it, he's definitely getting it.
00:58There's no way in the world you cannot give it to him
01:00if he gets the triple crown.
01:02Nationally, like you said, you could find some different guys
01:05if you wanted to.
01:06I mean, Ohtani, listen, if you just want to give it to Ohtani
01:10every single year, you can.
01:11But, you know, the pitching, you know,
01:13how much is that going to influence it?
01:15Should it?
01:16Should you just separate the two?
01:18He's not going to get to Cy Young like they set out supposedly this season.
01:22There are too many other guys now.
01:23He's been hurt too much where he hasn't pitched as much.
01:25So he's not getting that.
01:27So can you have an Ohtani year in which he doesn't get anything?
01:31You know, maybe, maybe.
01:35Who are you going to give it to Freddie Freeman?
01:37Well, him and Pete Crow Armstrong, their numbers are identical.
01:41Home runs, they're both leadoff hitters.
01:44They're both hitting about the same.
01:46They're both, you know, except Pete Crow Armstrong's got more stolen bases,
01:51I believe, but also he plays the field, Scott.
01:54I mean, there's a big difference with that, no?
01:58You would think.
01:59I mean, he's got 29 homes.
02:02Stolen bases, Ohtani only has six.
02:05So you would think that would go into it.
02:07I don't – as hard as it is to figure out a season without Ohtani getting
02:12something, I don't think they would give it to him again if you have Pete Crow,
02:16especially if the Cubs, you know, continue – you know, it would be nice
02:19if they won the division, but he's having as good a year as you'd expect.
02:24You know, 26 homers, batting 290, has 69 RBIs, so he's on pace for 100 RBIs,
02:30probably end up with 30, 32, 33 home runs.
02:33That's a pretty strong year.
02:36So we'll see the love.
02:38And it's not like Ohtani's going to blow by him.
02:42Right, yeah.
02:43I mean, he's not going to hit 60 home runs.
02:45He's not going to have, like, this one category in which he's, you know,
02:49dominated here.
02:51Plus, you're going to have the Ohtani voting fatigue.
02:54You know, there has to be at some point.
02:58Yeah.
02:59I mean, does him not playing the field, though, be offset by him pitching?
03:05Even though he hasn't pitched that that much this year because of injuries.
03:09But he's pitched it off.
03:10You know, is that the thing that's going to make it flip back to being Ohtani?
03:15Well, okay, you didn't play the field, but you started 25 games or 20 games,
03:19whatever it ended up being.
03:23Boy, that's going to be tough.
03:25Ohtani is having a good year, 297, so it's about 70 points higher.
03:29A couple more home runs, one more RBI.
03:32Ohtani, that'll be real interesting.
03:36I'm telling you, it's going to be.
03:39It's going to be.
03:39We've got two DHS as your MVPs.
03:43Unbelievable.
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