JJ Hardy

Jason Stark, ESPN.com: Has anybody noticed the one Barry Bonds story lately that the whole world seems to have missed? Bonds' agent, Jeff Borris, has. "If the season ended today," Borris said, "isn't Barry the MVP?" Well, yeah, as a matter of fact -- the brilliance of Jose Reyes, Chipper Jones, Derrek Lee and J.J. Hardy notwithstanding. Bonds is back to being his .800-slugging, .500-on-base-percentage, lead-the-league-in-homers self again. And he's creating three more runs per 27 outs than anyone else in the league. "He's even played left field decently," said one NL exec, with slight amazement.

I don't care at all about the Barry Bonds stuff, but the fact that JJ Hardy is mentioned on the short list of MVP candidates is nothing short of remarkable.
Let's look at his credentials (NL):
-Tied for 6th in HR's with 9
-Tied for 7th in RBI's with 27 (He bats in the 2 hole)
-10th in BA at .331 (22nd in OBP at .384, good for a 2 hitter)
-5th in slugging at .604
-He is currently 8th in fielding % amongst SS at .977, but there are not enough games to separate all those guys out who are essentially within one error of each other.

I'm not sure that's an MVP, but that is damn sure an allstar behind Reyes.