Mookie Betts is a finalist for the National League MVP in 2020 along with two other respectable candidates. However, here's why Mookie deserves it for the early work he's put in for the Dodgers.
In a pure baseball sense, this was the most adversity this Dodgers team had faced all season and they proved why they are the best team, at least in the National League.
Timely hitting, lockdown pitching and good managing is a great recipe for success. The Dodgers had all of three of those aspects working together in this NLCS Game Five do-or-die contest.
If you've followed the Dave Roberts-era of Dodgers baseball as closely as I have then you know what we witnessed in Game Two of the 2020 NLCS featured every painful thing about the last five seasons.