Pete Crow-Armstrong leads a tight NL MVP race that goes beyond the stats

With apologies to the seven American League wild-card hopefuls separated by 2 ½ games – who all have losing records – the particularly best race continues to be for National League MVP.

What happened

David (Pete Crow-Armstrong) probably leads narrowly now, but Goliath (Shohei Ohtani) is literally warming up in the bullpen.

Cubs superstar Crow-Armstrong carried only slightly better-than-average overall batting stats (102 OPS+) into this season. But remarkably, PCA's extraordinary improvement and enthralling two-way play offer him a small advantage over the most extraordinary, enthralling two-way player ever. This person additionally happens to be the only legit four-time unanimous MVP.

The bottom line

For now, pete Crow-Armstrong leads a tight NL MVP race that goes beyond the remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.