Braves: Freddie Freeman is quietly pushing for back-to-back MVPs

After a very slow start, it appears Freddie Freeman has finally shook off the MVP hangover — he is absolutely crushing the baseball right now.

Freddie Freeman has been on base four times tonight with a pair of singles and two walks.

Freddie has now gone 29 consecutive plate appearances without a single swing and miss. His last swing and miss was on July 11 in Miami. #Braves @680TheFan

— Kevin McAlpin (@KevinMcAlpin) July 23, 2021

That’s an incredible stat, and even though things started off sluggish in a contract year, there were signs that he was going to improve. Freeman was the victim of some bad luck, but now that he has started finding some green grass, he’s arguably having a better season than his MVP campaign from mid-May onward. Freeman has a 1.160 OPS over the past four weeks, and that’s thanks to his 11 extra base hits and 13 walks.

Freddie Freeman is enjoying one of the best offensive months of his career. pic.twitter.com/jIPxdkjDPy

— Bally Sports: Braves (@BravesOnBally) July 22, 2021

Freeman’s slow start may doom any MVP chances he has, but with no clear cut frontrunner and Jacob deGrom missing a lot of time, I think Freeman can enter the conversation. I don’t know if he will stay this hot for the rest of 2021, but if he does and the Braves make the playoffs, he has a solid chance of being the first back-to-back MVP in the National League since Albert Pujols in 2008-2009.