As we move towards September, the team playoff push continues to progress as does the discussion of individual awards. 

In a chat for ESPN this week, Rob Neyer talked with fans and said that as of now he would pick David Wright as his choice for NL MVP. 

Today at Baseball Prospectus, Joe Sheehan disagrees.  He states that Cardinals 1B Albert Pujols should win the award, followed by Hanley Ramirez, Lance Berkman, David Wright and Jose Reyes.  However, he did throw out another Mets player into consideration:

As was the case a year ago, Chipper Jones would have a very strong case to be the MVP if he had just stayed on the field all year long. As it stands, Jones’ missed time is going to cost him an award that, were it based solely on rate stats, would be between him and Pujols. Well, and Daniel Murphy.

Very true and very funny. 

Hat tip to Vines for the quote and link.