285 AVG. 33 HRs 96 RBIs 14 SBs 82 runs

It'll come down to him and Pujols most likely. I'd like to see a new guy win it, but it's hard to argue with Pujols. His numbers are as good, if not better than Beltran's, despite being out a couple of weeks and being in a weaker lineup.

a much weaker lineup.

i'd love to see pujols win it for the next 5 years in a row. but that's just me.

NL Ranking as of 8/2/06

RBI - 1st
HR - 2nd*
SLG - 2nd
OPS - 2nd
R - 3rd
BB - 11th*
OBP - 18th

*tied

MVP in 2006

Pujols is a better player, without him the Cardinals are probaly neck and neck with the Cards for 5th place in the NL Central. Gotta go with Pujols.

i have to go with pujols simply because beltran wasn't putting up huge numbers when the mets were building their huge lead. most of his numbers were put up when the mets were already crushing every other team in the division.