The Swamp

AL MVP: Trout (OBP + isoP advantage over Betts, + CF > RF, not that Betts couldn't handle CF)
NL MVP: Yelich
AL Cy Young: I don't know ... you could convince me of any of Sale, Verlander or Snell ... I'll lean Snell?
NL Cy Young: deGrom
AL RoY: Ohtani (Andujar over Torres, Torres will be the best of the three long term)
NL RoY: Acuna and Soto should split

I was going to kill you over the Betts thing but I looked. They're closer than I realize. I still think it goes to Betts for team performance and that disparity in BA. But there's more of an argument than I initially realized.

I still think WAR doesn't quite reflect positionality like it should, but I wouldn't think its a big deal if voters went the other way. There are a lot of tossups here, like pretty much every award that isn't NL Cy.

I got Yelich at +333 in September and have Snell at +450

MVPs: Betts; Yelich
CYs: Snell; deGrom (Snell has enough innings that I'm comfortable with him winning over Verlander)
ROYs: Ohtani; Acuna
MOYs: Cash; Counsell (I will be pretty annoyed when Cora wins this over Cash given how innovative Tampa's pitching strategies have been)

I'll throw my postseason prediction here, too. I see a lot of similarities to last year:

Yankees over A's (7-2)
Cubs over Rockies (6-3)

Yankees over Sox (3-1)
Astros over Indians (3-0)
Cubs over Brewers (3-2)
Dodgers over Braves (3-0)

Astros over Yankees (4-2)
Dodgers over Cubs (4-2)

Astros over Dodgers (4-2)

WS MVP: Correa

I don’t have a problem with Verlander not winning it but that’s two slam dunk Cys in his career and two other years where he probably was a 1B at worst. Kind of an amazing career in a lot of ways.

I like the way you think, Joe K, but that's a huge turnaround for Correa who's been relatively awful since his injury.

brian wrote: ↑Mon Oct 01, 2018 8:16 pm I don’t have a problem with Verlander not winning it but that’s two slam dunk Cys in his career and two other years where he probably was a 1B at worst. Kind of an amazing career in a lot of ways.

I mean, he's almost unquestionably a hall of famer and no worse than the third best pitcher of the past 12 years, right?

Giff wrote: ↑Tue Oct 02, 2018 7:37 am I like the way you think, Joe K, but that's a huge turnaround for Correa who's been relatively awful since his injury.

Honestly I just picked an Astro at random. But I do think they’re the most complete team and have the potential to be even better than last year since they’ve stabilized their bullpen.

OAK over NYY
CHC over COL

BOS over OAK
CLE over HOU
CHC over MIL
ATL over LAD

CLE over BOS
CHC over ATL

CLE over CHC