Year after year the NL MVP Award is hotly contested, and last season was no different as the award was eventually bestowed upon Ryan Braun. And deserving or not, Braun will be right back in the thick of things this season since his suspension was lifted. <\/p>\n
Nevertheless, there will likely be some new faces in the race this season as two of the top five finalists from a season ago–Albert Pujols and Price Fielder–have now moved to the American League<\/p>\n
Along with Braun though will likely be 2011 runner up, Dodger outfielder Matt Kemp, who if he can remain healthy, has to figure to be right there again.<\/p>\n
Ryan Braun<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>The winner from a season ago will be a player again. It\u2019s possible that his numbers do suffer with the departure of Prince Fielder though. Teams will be able to pitch around Braun more, and that could dent his RBI and home run totals. Don\u2019t expect it to hurt him enough to not be a contender though.<\/p>\n He still has the pop, can run with the best of them, and gets on base with regularity. But can the voters get over the scandal? We’ll see.<\/p>\n Matt Kemp<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>Kemp is the guy that many thought should have won the award a season ago, if you stick with the true notion of MVP (emphasis on valuable). Without Kemp, the Dodgers would have been beyond awful last season. He had a line of .324\/39\/126\/.399, and finished just .008 percentage point shy of the NL\u2019s triple crown.<\/p>\n Will he be able to repeat those numbers? Not likely, but he will still be a more than capable player, and will be a force in this race.<\/p>\n Troy Tulowitzki<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>A healthy Troy Tulowitzki is a scary thing for the National League. His numbers just don\u2019t happen that often from the shortstop position. [dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n With a line of .302\/30\/105\/.372 he was clearly the best at his position in the NL last season, and probably all of baseball. What makes him so rare is that he just does not strike out as much as your typical power hitter. At Coors Field, he is capable of astronomical numbers.<\/p>\n Joey Votto<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>The winner of the 2010 version of this award started off last season in a horrible way, but still managed to eventually right the ship. Finishing with a .309\/29\/103\/.416 slashline.<\/p>\n If he is able to avoid that slow start, just imagine what this guy is capable of within the friendly confines of Great American Ball Park. What\u2019s crazy is that he hits even better on the road, so don\u2019t think that he is a product of where he plays. This guy can do it all.<\/p>\n Justin Upton<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/strong>At just 24 years of age, Upton is already putting himself in some pretty amazing company. You don’t have to go back all that far to see that his stats at the age of 21 rivaled even that of a more experienced Albert Pujols and Alex Rodriguez. Last season his average dipped a bit, but the other totals were still there in a fury.<\/p>\n With a slashline of .289\/31\/88\/.369, his numbers are incredibly good for someone that was just 23. When you factor in his running ability, it only gets better.<\/p>\n There is no doubt that he will win one of these eventually. It is just a matter of time.<\/p>\n Joey Votto 7\/1 MLB Betting \u2013 National League MVP Futures Year after year the NL MVP Award is hotly contested, and last season was no different as the award was eventually bestowed upon Ryan Braun. And deserving or not, Braun will be right back in the thick of things this season since his suspension was lifted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":24257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[54191,54192,54193,54241,54194,54195,54196,4651,27396,27397,112,27398,66497,27399,678,682,26671,3949,740,27183,54240],"class_list":["post-49585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb-baseball","tag-2012-mlb","tag-2012-mlb-future-predictions","tag-2012-mlb-season-picks","tag-2012-nl-mvp-futures","tag-2012-nl-mvp-odds","tag-2012-nl-mvp-predictions","tag-2012-nl-mvp-preview","tag-baseball-futures","tag-baseball-mvp-gambling","tag-baseball-mvp-lines","tag-baseball-predictions","tag-future-baseball-odds","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-baseball-futures-predictions","tag-mlb-betting","tag-mlb-handicappers","tag-mlb-season-preview","tag-mvp-futures","tag-national-league","tag-national-league-picks","tag-odds-to-win-the-2012-nl-mvp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49585"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107917,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49585\/revisions\/107917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Odds to win the 2012 NL MVP<\/h3>\n
\nRyan Braun 8\/1
\nMatt Kemp 9\/1
\nJustin Upton 10\/1
\nGiancarlo Stanton 10\/1
\nTroy Tulowitzki 12\/1
\nJose Reyes 15\/1
\nStarlin Castro 20\/1
\nMatt Holliday 20\/1
\nRyan Zimmerman 20\/1
\nHunter Pence 25\/1
\nBuster Posey 25\/1
\nHanley Ramirez 25\/1
\nClayton Kershaw 25\/1
\nJay Bruce 25\/1
\nCarlos Gonzalez 30\/1
\nDavid Wright 30\/1
\nRoy Halladay 30\/1
\nBrian McCann 30\/1
\nCarlos Quentin 35\/1
\nTim Lincecum 35\/1
\nDavid Freese 35\/1
\nCliff Lee 35\/1
\nAndrew McCutchen 35\/1
\nCole Hamels 40\/1
\nRickie Weeks 40\/1
\nLance Berkman 40\/1
\nShane Victorino 40\/1
\nMike Morse 50\/1
\nStephen Strasburg 50\/1
\nAramis Ramirez 50\/1
\nJohan Santana 75\/1<\/p>\nView The MLB Cappers Leaderboard For 2011 \u00a0– Picks Packages for 2012 On Sale! \u2014\u2013><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"