Christian Yelich's phenomenal season continues to get better -- and the accomplishments he's racking up are putting him squarely in the conversation for National League MVP.

The Milwaukee Brewers' All-Star outfielder became just the third player in baseball's modern era to hit for the cycle twice in one season Monday night when he completed the feat with a two-run triple in the bottom of the sixth inning of the Brewers' 8-0 win.

Babe Herman of the 1931 Brooklyn Robins and Aaron Hill of the 2012 Arizona Diamondbacks are the only others in the double-cycle club.

Yelich, who also hit for the cycle Aug. 29 -- and both times came against the same opponent, the Cincinnati Reds.

The home run Yelich hit earlier in the game was his 31st of the season, with 20 of them coming since the All-Star break.

Only MLB's home run leader, Khris Davis of the Oakland A's, has hit more homers (22) in the second half.

Yelich is running neck-and-neck with the Reds' Scooter Gennett for the National League batting title. Yelich's four hits raised his average to .318 -- to go with the 31 homers, 93 RBI, 102 runs scored and 19 stolen bases.

With the Brewers in the thick of the playoff hunt (they trailed the NL Central-leading Chicago Cubs by 2 1/2 games at the start of play on Monday and were three games ahead of the pack for the first wild-card spot), Yelich should get some serious support for MVP.

In a race without an obvious front-runner, Yelich leads NL hitters in Wins Above Replacement (5.7, according to Fangraphs). Teammate Lorenzo Cain is right behind at 5.2, followed by Paul Goldschmidt, Anthony Rendon and Javier Baez.

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