Meet the Dark Horse MVP Contenders Ready to Shake Up the Race Beyond Ohtani and Judge
The 35-year-old started the year hobbled, recovering from offseason ankle surgery, but he appears to be healthy and locked in. Freeman not only leads the National League in hitting with an eye-popping .368 batting average but is second in MLB behind Judge with a 1.087 OPS.
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It’s not wild to say that Freeman might be MLB’s best pure hitter, and to be doing it at his age, when making it 16 seasons in the big leagues is now a rarity, is impressive. He is on a trajectory to get top-five MVP votes for the third time in the past four seasons after a fourth-place finish in 2022 and a third-place finish in ’23.
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