But consider a few things: Murphy leads baseball with a .352 average and is second in the NL with a .984 on-base-plus-slugging, trailing only St. Louis’s Matt Carpenter. Baseball needs him to get healthy to see if he can be historic over a full season. But it’s a good time to exhale and consider who might win season-long awards should they replicate what they have done in the first half. Yes, he leads all of baseball with a 1.79 ERA. National League MVP: Daniel Murphy, NationalsWe’ll risk looking homer-ish right off the bat.

Source: Washington Post July 02, 2016 18:22 UTC