Author: Anthony Castrovince
Published on: 2022-04-02 19:01:51
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The cold, hard truth — even in this ever-optimistic time of year — is that not every team in MLB is a World Series contender. But every team does have a Baseball Writers’ Association of America award contender.
Cy Young and Rookie of the Year can always come from anywhere. And as voters have become more open-minded and analytically inclined in recent years, it’s more commonplace for MVPs to come from anywhere, too. Last year marked the first time since 1987 that neither MVP (the Angels’ Shohei Ohtani and the Phillies’ Bryce Harper) came from a playoff team.
So it’s fun to guess every team’s most likely award winner. On some teams, it’s pretty clear-cut. On others, it’s pretty complicated.
Here are our picks for all 30. (Oh, and, to be clear, we’re only talking about the player awards here, not…