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2020 MLB Awards Ballots and the Playoff Contenders Who’ve Surprised Us the Most

With less than a week left in the season, Michael, Ben, and Zach share their MVP, Cy Young, and ROY picks
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For the final time this season, we run through the biggest movers in terms of playoff odds, and share which of the final contenders have surprised us most (1:27). Then, with less than a week left in the season, we share our MVP, Cy Young, and Rookie of the Year ballots, including unanimous choices like Shane Bieber for AL Cy Young, and three-way split decisions like Freddie Freeman, Fernando Tatís Jr., and Mookie Betts for NL MVP (33:44).

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Zach writes about basketball, baseball, and assorted pop culture topics.
Ben is a writer, podcaster, and editor who covers culture and sports. He hosts ‘Effectively Wild’ at FanGraphs and previously wrote for FiveThirtyEight and Grantland, served as editor-in-chief of Baseball Prospectus, and authored ‘The MVP Machine’ and ‘The Only Rule Is It Has to Work.’

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