Shohei Ohtani earned all 30 first-place votes for National League MVP after becoming the first member of Major League Baseball's 50-50 club and setting the Los Angeles Dodgers up for a World Series run. Ohtani earned 423 points in the voting. New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor finished second with 263 points. There is simply no controversy to be had.
But Philadelphia Phillies star Nick Castellanos made an extremely interesting argument for one of Lindor's teammates on the resurgent Mets. On a podcast with Chris Rose, Castellanos expounded the virtues of the Jose Iglesias signing and talked about all the veteran infielder provided to New York as it made its postseason push.
