Fraley, the Dallas Morning News baseball analyst, picked the Stros' Lance Berkman as MVP.
A. Not when he had boo-boos in the Stros' one loss last week that move them back to 1.5 out.
B. And certainly not when Prince Albert, the Cards' Albert Pujols, had better stats than him across the board, despite playing in fewer games.
Pujols: 142 games, 48 HRs, .330 BA, 136 RBIs, 118 runs, .667 slugging, 1.097 OPS.
Berkman: 151 games, 45 HRs, .312 BA, 135 RBIs, 95 runs, .620 slugging, 1.037 OPS.
Pujols, never known as a speed demon, even had 7 stolen bases to Berkman's 3 AND is a Gold Glover.
Add to that this bit from ESPN: Besides carrying the team for basically the entire season, Pujols raised his game in the season's final week. His push for the NL MVP was a .391 batting average, three home runs and seven very important RBI in his last six games.
Gerry, I don't know if you grew up in Houston, or Waco (Berkman's home), but Lance isn't even No. 2 in the MVP race -- the Phillies' Ryan Howard is. After the Abreu trade, they'd be nowhere without him.
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