Harris: Michael Busch was one of biggest All-Star snubs in all of baseball

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00:00Let me point your attention to what I think is the biggest Cubs snub going.

00:05Michael Bush is the biggest Cubs snub going.

00:08Michael Bush should be on the National League All-Star team as a backup first baseman.

00:14And you're wondering, why am I so hot on Michael Bush compared to what we just talked about with Seiya Suzuki?

00:19The answer is simple.

00:22Michael Bush has been an absolute beast.

00:25And not just of late.

00:27And I'll say it like this.

00:29The reason he's not a National League All-Star, the fault resides in one man's hands.

00:35And that would be his manager, Craig Council.

00:37Because he didn't trust him against left-handed pitching enough.

00:40So he didn't get as many opportunities to prove himself.

00:45Let's start with this.

00:48Michael Bush ranks fourth amongst all Major League first basemen with a .297 batting average.

00:54And you're thinking fourth?

00:55It's like, oh, there's three guys better, right?

00:56Let me keep going.

00:57On base percentage, he's second among all first basemen.

01:02In fact, he's 11th in all of Major League Baseball with a .384 on base percentage.

01:06His slug, first at .566 among all first basemen.

01:10In fact, he's fifth in Major League Baseball in slug.

01:16His OPS, first among all first basemen.

01:19In fact, sixth in Major League Baseball.

01:23And that leads the Cubs.

01:24There's some pretty good players on the Cubs to say, I have the highest OPS of anyone in the lineup.

01:29Kyle Tucker, Pete Kerr Armstrong.

01:31The aforementioned Seizu Suzuki.

01:33Home runs.

01:35Where would you guess he ranks among Major League first basemen in home runs?

01:39Michael Bush.

01:39Just guess.

01:40Fifth?

01:41Third.

01:42Only two off the pace behind Spencer Torkelson and Pete Alonzo.

01:48In war, he's at 2.7.

01:51Just off the pace between Alonzo and Matt Olson's 2.9.

01:56His adjusted OPS plus is 170.

02:00That's first among all Major League first basemen.

02:04And also fifth in Major League Baseball.

02:06His weighted runs created plus.

02:09166.

02:10First among all Major League first basemen.

02:13And fifth in Major League Baseball.