09/16 Pittsburgh (Locke) @ CUBS (Volstad) 1:20 CDT, WGN TV

[sneakypower]

it's a real shame that a bunch of the players we're trying to build around had good or super-great games today, and that we weren't able to get a loss to possibly maybe pick a teenager one spot higher in the draft next year

[davell]

Has anybody run away with NL ROY since a few weeks back when I asked if Rizzo might have a shot at it?

Nah, but Harper's winning it. .793 OPS at 19 is special and his stats are solid at least.

I don't get why you keep bringing up his age.

I guess just to reiterate how good he's going to be. Although his age will have nothing to do with him winning ROY.

[davell]

it's a real shame that a bunch of the players we're trying to build around had good or super-great games today, and that we weren't able to get a loss to possibly maybe pick a teenager one spot higher in the draft next year

Really early, but it's looking like the opposite right now. It's possible the first 3 picks could all be college pitchers.

[Guest]

Has anybody run away with NL ROY since a few weeks back when I asked if Rizzo might have a shot at it?

 

Harper's got a 1.071 OPS since August 17 and is up to a 4 WAR this year (both Fangraphs and B-R). Next best is Todd Frazier (2.7 fWAR) or Norichika Aoki (2.5 bWAR).