The MLB season is finally upon us, so let’s try and predict what craziness will result from this bizarre 60-game slate that lies ahead.
Baseball is back.
No one really did anything to deserve baseball coming back, and the road to the amended Opening Day had more wild movement than a Sandy Koufax curveball, yet here we are. Despite how often it looked like there would be no baseball season at all, MLB is first of the four major professional sports leagues to make its debut in the age of COVID (second overall with the NWSL and MLS returning in late-June).
So as we welcome a new baseball season, let’s do a little soothsaying and tell you what’s going to happen in the 2020 season before any of it happens. We’ll go over the basics, the division winners, playoff predictions, and who will win the major awards when all is said and done.
MLB Predictions 2020: American League
Josh Hill, FanSided Editorial Director
Regular Season Predictions
Playoff Predictions
Wild Card: White Sox over Rays
ALCS: Yankees over Twins
World Series: New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (Winner on next slide)
Awards Predictions
AL MVP: Mike Trout (LAA)
AL Cy Young: Gerrit Cole (NYY)
AL Rookie of the Year: Luis Robert (CWS)
Hunter Armor, FanSided Video Producer
Regular Season Predictions
Playoff Predictions
Wild Card: Yankees over A’s
ALCS: Yankees over Astros
World Series: New York Yankees vs. Atlanta Braves (Winner on next slide)
Awards Predictions
AL MVP: Mike Trout (LAA)
AL Cy Young: Blake Snell (TB)
AL Rookie of the Year: Luis Robert (CWS)
Thomas Carannante, Yanks Gone Yard
Regular Season Predictions
Playoff Predictions
Wild Card: Rays over A’s
ALCS: Yankees over Twins
World Series: New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (Winner on next slide)
Awards Predictions
AL MVP: Gleyber Torres (NYY)
AL Cy Young: Zack Greinke (HOU)
AL Rookie of the Year: Luis Robert (CWS)
Adam Weinrib, Yanks Go Yard
Regular Season Predictions
Playoff Predictions
Wild Card: Rays over Astros
ALCS: Yankees over Rays
World Series: New York Yankees vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (Winner on next slide)
Awards Predictions
AL MVP: Mike Trout (LAA)
AL Cy Young: Gerrit Cole (NYY)
AL Rookie of the Year: Luis Robert (CWS)
Matt Verderame, Senior NFL Editor
Regular Season Predictions
Playoff Predictions
Wild Card: Astros over Indians
ALCS: A’s over Astros
World Series: Oakland A’s vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Awards Predictions
AL MVP: Alex Bregman (HOU)
AL Cy Young: Jose Berrios (MIN)
AL Rookie of the Year: Jesus Luzardo (OAK)