He’s really only been a real elite hitter in 2018 until September and then a month or two last year. Saw some tweet the other day about it. He’s been shockingly average from a wRC+ standpoint outside of that period. There's a pretty big gap between elite and what he's doing this year though. How many people, with how flawed he is as a hitter, thought he'd be an elite hitter? We had hope, sure. But 2018 sure seemed like a career year at the time. In 2017, he had 4 of 6 months with a OPS+ of 116 or higher. 2018 he was above 100 each month, and above 140 in 4 of the 6 months. 2019 he was above 100 for 4 of 5 months (4 PA in Sept) and had 3 of 5 over 110. His 83 OPS+ right now would be his worst monthly split since April 2017. We don't necessarily need runner-up MVP Javy (though it certainly would be nice), but we do need a 100-110 OPS+ Javy.