The MVP case for Giancarlo Stanton, the focus of the latest edition of our awards watch, is not a hard one to make.
Stanton has surged to the top of the league’s Wins Above Replacement leaderboard, just ahead of Joey Votto and Paul Goldschmidt, and the case can more easily be made for his winning than it could a little more than a month ago.
At the All-Star break, Stanton ranked 17th in the NL with 2.7 WAR, 1.5 wins behind Goldschmidt. Stanton has a 3.6 WAR since the break.
Stanton has barreled through everyone in his path with this ridiculous tear.