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MVP voting was ridiculously unkind to Chase Utley

Phillies Nation | May 17, 2020

Related Topics: National League, Chase Utley, Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Albert Pujols, Geovany Soto, New York Mets, Miguel Cabrera

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Chase Utley is one of the greatest Phillies ever. (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire)

When Chase Utley first becomes eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot in 2024, one of the arguments that some will use against him is that not only did he never win the National League MVP voting, but he never finished in the top five.

This piece isn’t about Utley’s Hall of Fame worthiness, but if you don’t believe that the six-time All-Star has a resume worthy of Cooperstown, it would behoove you to find another argument at some point in the next four years.

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