SPECULATOR: Longshot leaders and award winners, 2020
Jul 22 2020
Each year in this space—usually in March—we close out the Speculator's preseason calendar with a look at some longshot league leaders and award winners. The counting stat leaderboards will look completely different this year—normally we'd expect 45-50+ HR/SB to lead the league—right now our projected HR and SB leaders are Pete Alonso (18) and Trea Turner/Adalberto Mondesi (16), respectively. It'll be a year like no other.
It's not at all interesting to predict a Ronald Acuña MVP or a Max Scherzer Cy Young—so while "longshot" in the title is a loose term, we'll keep this list to anybody going outside the Top 150 in July drafts. And don't worry, these out-on-a-limb predictions shouldn't have influenced your draft day plans anyway, and...
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