The Reds are 16-4 since MVP Joey Votto went down with a torn meniscus. A lot of the thanks has to go to the pitching staff, which was dominant during the first 13 games in his absence. Yet, perhaps surprisingly, they've only posted 9 quality starts in the 20 games overall. So the bullpen, without question, deserves a lot of credit as well.
But let's not forget that a number of position players have really stepped up to fill the offensive void. Here are the leaders in the past 20 games (July 16th through August 5th):
Runs:
1) Stubbs - 22
2) Bruce, Cozart, Phillips - 11
Hits:
1) Stubbs - 24
2) Ludwick - 21
3) Phillips - 19
Doubles:
1) Ludwick - 6
2) Bruce, Phillips - 5
3) Hanigan - 4
Triples:
1) Rolen - 2
2) Cozart, Heisey - 1
Home Runs:
1) Ludwick - 6
2) Stubbs - 5
3) Bruce, Phillips, Frazier - 3
RBI:
1) Ludwick - 21
2) Stubbs - 15
3) Phillips - 13
BB:
1) Bruce - 13
2) Rolen - 10
3) Stubbs - 9
Stolen bases:
1) Stubbs - 7
2) Bruce - 2
Batting average:
1) Ludwick, Paul - .350
3) Phillips - .339
4) Stubbs - .338
5) Rolen - .333
OPS:
1) Ludwick - 1.159
2) Stubbs - .999
3) Rolen - .986
4) Phillips - .956
5) Bruce - .871
Conclusions:
- Ludwick is definitely the Votto-less MVP
- Stubbs is the most improved player during this span, becoming the guy we all want him to be
- Phillips was putting up awesome numbers so it's too bad that he went down as well, just a few days ago
- Paul was a great shot in the arm, especially in pinch-hitting roles
- Rolen had seemed a lost offensive cause in the first half, but he has been a huge boost too
- Frazier has actually been somewhat less productive during this span, yet his overall numbers are still superb for a rookie, putting him in solid ROY contention
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