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Better numbers, not team success, should decide MVP race between Bryce Harper, Juan Soto

Even as her husband was introduced as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies in March of 2019, Kayla Harper couldn’t help but talk about how impressed she was with Juan Soto, in the few months that her husband, Bryce, was teammates with him in Washington.

More than two years later, Harper finds himself in a battle with his former teammate for the National League MVP as the 2021 season winds down.

Really, this battle came out of nowhere. At the outset of the month, San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. was probably still the favorite to win the award.