Phillies slugger Bryce Harper should be the first DH to win MVP

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No designated hitter has ever won the MVP award. That should change this season — the first full season of the DH in the National League. Because, if Bryce Harper continues to produce big numbers, he should be the NL MVP. Again, writes inkstainedretch.

Joe goes, Bryce goes nuts

And he’s doing it in a tough East Coast city. If Harper pushes the Phillies into the playoffs for the first time in a decade, the fact that he’s not standing in right field will be diminished exponentially.Perhaps the most compelling argument for Harper’s MVP candidacy is the abject failures among his star-studded “supporting” cast.

During Ortiz’s five years of MVP contention, either seven or eight regulars in the lineup had an OPS of at least .700.Paul Goldschmidt is Harper’s best competition for MVP. He has five active teammates with an OPS above .700.

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