The top two storylines midway through the 2023 season: How could the Cardinals, Mets and Padres be this bad? How could Shohei Ohtani be this good?
Is it possible to be a disappointing first-place team? If so, we present the 41-42 Twins . Central to the disappointment of the AL Central leader was Correa, who was hitting .217 with a 92 OPS-plus and had grounded into an MLB-leading 14 double plays. He was hitting .156 with runners in scoring position, the worst in the AL for any player with at least 60 plate appearances in those situations.
2. Corbin Carroll, Diamondbacks; 3. Luis Arraez, Marlins; 4. Mookie Betts, Dodgers; 5. Freddie Freeman, DodgersNL Anti-MVPIt feels like this award has to go to a Met or a Padre, perhaps a Cardinal. A case like the one for Correa can be made for Manny Machado, who finished second for the NL MVP last season,and has delivered his worst season, including an NL-leading 13 double plays and an 89 OPS-plus.
Valdez, Cole and Tampa Bay’s Shane McClanahan have performed wonderfully while carrying rotations beset by injuries. The toughest top-five omissions were Minnesota’s Sonny Gray, who had completed six innings just six times in 16 starts, and Toronto’s Kevin Gausman, who had three starts in which he permitted at least six runs, which the others in my top five did a combined three times.
Gallen was tied with the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw and Giants’ Logan Webb for most starts of at least seven innings and two or fewer runs.Arizona’s Zac Gallen could take the NL’s Cy Young Award this season.Justin Verlander’s tumble from AL Cy Young to a pitcher who has completed more than five innings in just five of his 10 starts has been central to the Mets being such underachievers.
The Yankees were hoping that Anthony Volpe would be at least top five — and perhaps his recent surge at the plate, combined with his strong defense and stronger baserunning, is a sign that he will get into this race as the season progresses. The player to watch, however, is Baltimore’s Gunnar Henderson, who was the preseason favorite, struggled early, but since May 23 had produced a .945 OPS.
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