2020 MLB Season: top 5 NL East MVP candidates, ranked
The NL East has not had an MVP in since 2017, and that could easily change during the 2020 MLB season. Here are the top 5 five candidates for the award.
Christian Yelich won the 2018 NL MVP as a Milwaukee Brewer.
Cody Bellinger, the 2019 NL MVP, won the award as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The NL East has not had an MVP come from their division since Giancarlo Stanton in 2017. Before him, it was Bryce Harper for the Washington Nationals in 2015, who was the first player to win it in the division since Jimmy Rollins did in 2007.
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The award has only gone to a player from the NL East five times since 1999.
The division has always had talented players, but they usually fall short on the ballot.
However, this year is going to be different. The NL East is stacked with superstars. There are plenty of players that are going to contend for the NL MVP award during the 2020 MLB season.
From players who have been battling for the award their whole career, to players who are just establishing their place in the league, there are a plethora of candidates from the division that could win the award this season.
There are a few honorable mentions that fell short of being in the top five candidates to win the NL MVP from the NL East during the 2020 MLB season.