2022 MLB midseason awards picks: Shohei Ohtani beats Aaron Judge

2022 MLB midseason awards picks: Shohei Ohtani beats Aaron Judge for MVP; unanimous Cy Young selections, more

The All-Star destroy is right here; allow's hand out some unofficial hardware The pomp and condition of the 2022 MLB

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All-Star Game is upon us and meaningful ordinary season games will go back later this week. When they do, 18 of the 30

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teams will be within 5 video games of a postseason spot With fifty seven percent of the 2022 everyday season is within the

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books (1,386 of two,430 games have bee performed), this is as top a time as any at hand out midseason awards.

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To determine our midseason awards our 4 CBS Sports MLB writers (R.J. Anderson, Mike Axisa, Dayn Perry, Matt Snyder) and intrepid editor

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(Stephen Pianovich) each hypothetical poll four majors award (MVP, Cy Young, Rookie and Manager of the Year) in league policies:

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Individual ballots for every award include 3 players. In reality, the MVP poll is 10 players deep and the Cy Young ballot is 5 players deep.

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Rookie of the Year and Manager of the Year every consist of 3 slots The scoring machine: Three points for a first-place vote,

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two factors for a second-place vote, and one factor for a 3rd-vicinity vote. Most points wins. Nice and clean.

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Just to show you the way plenty can trade, final year we did not supply Bryce Harper a unmarried NL MVP vote or Robbie Ray a

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unmarried AL Cy Young vote in our midseason awards Those two took domestic the hardware way to monster 2nd halves.

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There remains a lot baseball to be played and so many awards race narratives to build. This is just a photo in time. Nothing extra.

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Below are our 2022 midseason award balloting effects as well as a quick blurb on the MVP Young, Rookie Manager races. Away we go

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My hunch is Judge could win MVP if the season ended these days, however on our ballots, Ohtani reigns ultimate. He started past due (quite tons the other of Judge),

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