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Looking Into the Crystal Ball: Predicting the 2020 MLB Award Winners

By Rob Myerson

BOSTON, MA - AUGUST 10: Mike Trout #27 of the Los Angeles Angels looks on before a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on August 10, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - AUGUST 10: Mike Trout #27 of the Los Angeles Angels looks on before a game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on August 10, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images) /
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Even though the start of the season is in question, let’s make some predictions about the 2020 MLB award winners

It’s hard to think about the 2020 MLB award winners as early as the month of March, especially as the COVID-19 pandemic has put the start of the baseball season in limbo (for good reason). The league is looking at several possibilities on how to avoid total disruption to the MLB schedule. They’re even discussing extending the end of the season in case early games need to be postponed. It’s impossible to forecast what the first few weeks of the season will look like for baseball teams and their fans. That’s why we’re going to fast forward to October – which for the first time ever, feels somewhat more predictable than the month of April…

Last year, Mike Trout took home his fourth American League MVP award, while Cody Bellinger lived up to his hype by capturing his first. On the pitching side, Jacob Degrom became the 11th pitcher to win back-to-back Cy Youngs and Justin Verlander continued to build on his Hall of Fame career by winning his second. Yordan Alvarez and Pete Alonso bashed their way to lightly contested Rookie of the Year Awards. The 2019 Manager of the Years Rocco Baldelli and Mike Shildt proved that experience isn’t always needed, as the two won awards with fewer than 400 games MLB games managed between them.

It’s time to look into the crystal ball and predict which winners the 2020 season will produce. Will the 2019 winners be able to build on last year’s success, or will we have new winners? Will those new winners be the usual suspects or will there be new names that have jumped into the fray for baseball’s most prestigious individual awards? Without further ado, let’s get the 2020 MLB award winners predictions going.

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