Watching the Brewers this season has been incredible as a big time Brewers fans thanks to some great pitching for the team and also some of the big sluggers, specifically Braun and Fielder, both having MVP caliber seasons. In this post I want to focus in on why Ryan Braun should be the NL MVP for the 2011 season.
The first reason I believe Ryan Braun should be the National League MVP is because of his ability to combine speed on the basepaths along with big time power numbers at the plate. Braun is one of two players to have a 30/30 season in 2011, that being 30 or more stolen bases and 30 or more home runs. Braun currently has 31 home runs to go along with his 31 stolen bases.
Another reason Ryan Braun should be the MVP goes along with the first reason, this is the fact the he is the ultimate hitter, he can do it all, hit for average; Braun leads the National League in batting average at .336, hit for power; 31 home runs and a league leading slugging percentage of .597, Braun is also in the top five in the National League in runs batted in with 103, and tops in the NL in runs scored with 103.
One thing going against Braun's MVP chances are the fact that some people don't even consider him the MVP of his own team where Prince Fielder is also putting up great numbers, people will also argue that Braun would not be able to put up these kind of numbers without Fielder hitting behind him in the lineup forcing teams to have to pitch to Braun in order to try avoid facing Fielder.
All in all I believe that Braun is the driving force behind this great Brewers team we all have the great opportunity to watch and is deserving of the MVP award this season.
GO BREWERS!!!
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