The month that has elapsed since the All-Star break has featured a lot of upheaval in the MLB standings and awards races.

Given his two-way exploits, it's an easy argument that he's the best baseball player in the world right now. Has he truly been the most valuable player in the National League so far in 2025 though?

He won two batting titles, three Gold Gloves, a Most Valuable Player award (finishing in the top 20 MVP voting the other four seasons), and then crowned that five-year run with a stirring come ...

We've seen plenty of bona fide stars take home the Ted Williams All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award: Derek Jeter, Ichiro Suzuki, Cal Ripken Jr. and Mike Trout (twice) are a few of the current ...

Ohtani: 4.3 Baseball Reference WAR PCA: 5.2 Ohtani: 4.3 The main distinction between the two calculations is which defensive metrics they use, which explains the difference in Crow-Armstrong's number.