2025 National League MVP Race Heats Up with Top Picks

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00:00Let's go to the National League MVP, where the conversation should just be Shohei Ohtani.

00:06But now here comes Juan Soto with 5-1.

00:08Here comes Mookie Betts.

00:09Here comes Kyle Tucker, Elie Delacruz.

00:12So Joe, let's talk National League MVP.

00:15It just feels like Ohtani again, right?

00:17I mean, especially if he's going to come back and pitch.

00:20He's 50-50 and he pitches.

00:22I mean, what are we supposed to do with that?

00:26I want to put the glasses on of the old man Joe again for a second and just talk about

00:30when I was a young kid, when I saw Babe Ruth playing, he didn't steal 50 bases, but this

00:36Ohtani kid, he could steal all them bases and hit the home runs and pitch too.

00:42That's impressive.

00:43Why is Matlock a lady?

00:45When I used to watch Matlock, it wasn't a lady.

00:48It was a man, and now it's a lady, and times are changing.

00:53Is Shohei Ohtani or bust here?

00:54I mean, just put all the units on Ohtani.

00:57Here's the thing.

00:58You're trying to look for a narrative.

00:59Could anybody else pop here?

01:02And Soto and Endor and all those guys being on the same team makes it tricky for me.

01:06Bryce Harper could certainly be a guy, but Kyle Tucker plus 1,400 contract year.

01:10If the Cubs win this division and Kyle Tucker carries this Cubs offense, that is the dark

01:15horse candidate, but right now it's still the same horse, and it's Ohtani.

01:19Matt, who's MVP candidates for you?

01:22No, I don't want to watch Scarecrow and Mrs. King.

01:24I want to watch Matlock.

01:26All right, real quick.

01:28It's Bryce Harper as my favorite.

01:29This coincides with my belief that Trey Turner is on a rebound and Max Kepler makes this

01:34lineup longer, and I just think that the Phillies are finally there, and if they emerge, Bryce

01:39Harper's going to be that guy.

01:40If you don't like that, you can go to Mookie Betts, because if it's not Ohtani and it's

01:43not Friedman, then Mookie Betts still has a place in greatness in this Dodgers pantheon.

01:49Strong shots are the two Cruzes.

01:51Elie Delacruz is plus 2,000.

01:53He has all the ability to do that.

01:55He's cut down his strikeout rate.

01:57He has the impressive ability to do it.

01:59He can hit the ball hard.

02:01He can steal bases.

02:02And the last guy here is Aniel Cruz at 10,000 to one, because when healthy, imagine Pittsburgh.

02:09Cruz, Reynolds, Paul Skeens, the eyes of the world, and I said this two seasons ago.

02:14Pittsburgh is just a stone's throw away from East Palestine, Ohio, and don't think that

02:18we've forgotten about those people and what's happened there.

02:21Things like baseball can lift everyone up.

02:23So there's my NL there, Joe.

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