Batting titles to strikeout duels: NL's top dogs at the break

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Happy All-Star break, MLB fans. It’s a awesome clip to drawback your activity and hole for what should beryllium a chaotic decorativeness to July, nan canine days of August, and a photograph decorativeness successful nan title for postseason spots. With conscionable nether 70 games near successful nan regular season, it’s besides a cleanable clip to cheque successful connected immoderate of nan National League’s statistical leaders.

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National League Leaders astatine nan All-Star Break:

Batting Average

Will Smith leads nan National League successful batting mean heading into nan break. Amazingly, he's nan only qualified hitter presently batting complete .300 this season. Smith is hitting .323. His Dodgers teammate Freddie Freeman and Cardinals infielder Brendan Donovan travel astatine .297. Sal Frelick of Milwaukee and Josh Naylor of Arizona information retired nan apical five.

Home Runs

Shohei Ohtani leads nan NL pinch 32 location runs astatine nan break. It’s a tight race, though, arsenic Eugenio Suárez sits conscionable down pinch 31 and Kyle Schwarber follows intimately pinch 30. Two Cubs sluggers, Seiya Suzuki and Pete Crow-Armstrong, are tied for 4th pinch 25 apiece.

Runs Batted In

Eugenio Suárez besides leads nan National League successful RBIs pinch 78. He’s hardly up of Pete Alonso of nan Mets and Seiya Suzuki of nan Cubs. Crow-Armstrong and Schwarber complete nan apical five. With Schwarber sitting astatine 69 RBIs, there’s still plentifulness of room for activity complete nan last 70 games.

Stolen Bases

Oneil Cruz of nan Pirates leads nan convention pinch 29 stolen bases. Pete Crow-Armstrong is correct down pinch 27, followed by Elly De La Cruz pinch 25. Victor Scott II and Trea Turner of nan Phillies are adjacent pinch 24. Four of nan apical 5 travel from nan NL Central, pinch Turner nan only exception.

Wins

Freddy Peralta of nan Brewers leads nan National League successful wins pinch 11. Matthew Boyd of nan Cubs is correct down pinch 10. Several others are sitting astatine nine, mounting up a imaginable jumble atop nan leaderboard arsenic nan play progresses.

Earned Run Average (ERA)

Paul Skenes, who will commencement nan All-Star Game for nan National League, leads nan convention pinch an ERA of 2.01. Matthew Boyd is adjacent astatine 2.34, followed by Phillies starters Zack Wheeler and Cristopher Sánchez.

Saves

Robert Suárez of nan Padres leads nan NL pinch 28 saves. Trevor Megill of nan Brewers is 2nd pinch 21. Suárez has built a decent lead, and unless things alteration drastically, he could support that apical spot nan remainder of nan way.

Strikeouts

Zack Wheeler is nan National League leader successful strikeouts pinch 154. Logan Webb is 2nd pinch 139, while MacKenzie Gore of nan Nationals is conscionable down astatine 138. Paul Skenes ranks 4th pinch 131, and Dylan Cease rounds retired nan apical 5 pinch 129.

It’ll beryllium fascinating to spot really overmuch these numbers alteration complete nan adjacent 12 weeks. Between basking streaks, slumps, and injuries, there's still plentifulness of room for activity connected each leaderboard.

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