09-06-2015, 09:26 PM
(09-06-2015, 02:20 PM)ItsOdellThurman Wrote: Votto is now ahead of Goldschmidt in almost every category. Yet Goldy is getting serious MVP discussion despite his team being under .500 (the Reds are far more under .500, but still)
I never thought I'd say it, but Joey Votto is actually undervalued. And the last 6 weeks, he's literally been getting on based at a .525 clip. It's insanity just how good he is with nothing around him. Every night he's good for a 2 for 3 game with 2 walks, or maybe 1 for 3 with 2-3 walks or an extra base hit.
Since the All Star break he has a .580 on base percentage. That is just insane. The league leader usually has around a .450 OB%.
He has also has a .730 slugging% since the break. And that is also about 100 points higher than what the league leader usually has.
No one has had anything close to those numbers for a whole season since Bonds was in his prime. But, of course, Votto has never done this for a whole season either.
