A Short Awards Prediction for a Short MLB Season

The 2020 MLB season is finally here, although it’s extremely condensed.  A 60 game season allows for more variability and luck with all aspects of baseball whether it is team record and a subsequent playoff birth or who the eventual World Series champion will be.  Individual player statistics will likely have much more noise in the data too.  This makes predicting anything for 2020 even more difficult than during a typical season.  With that said, let’s take a look at some wild guesses about the 2020 baseball season.

 

American League MVP

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  1. Mike Trout
  2. Francisco Lindor
  3. Alex Bregman (I would have picked Bregman to finish 1st but I don’t see the writers giving MVP to an Astro in 2020 after the trash can scandal).

 

National League MVP

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  1. Mookie Betts
  2. Ronald Acuna Jr.
  3. Christian Yelich

 

American League Cy Young

  1. Gerrit Cole
  2. Tyler Glassnow

 

National League Cy Young

  1. Jack Flaherty
  2. Jacob deGrom

 

Top 4 American League Teams

New York Yankees

Tampa Bay Rays

Minnesota Twins

Oakland As

 

Top 4 National League Teams

Los Angeles Dodgers

St. Louis Cardinals

Atlanta Braves

Cincinnati Reds

 

World Series Teams

Dodgers vs. Twins

dodgers     vs.        twins

 

World Series Winner

Los Angeles Dodgers

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