Our US desk editor Eric Himmelheber came up with his own predictions for the top awards at the end of the year, each division winner, and who he thinks will take the 2025 World Series!
MVPs
NL MVP: Shohei Ohtani
Ohtani has proven to be the best player in the league without a single shred of doubt even to the most casual baseball fan.
Even if he barely pitches, if at all, this season, his bat will more than make up for as he goes for his third straight MVP on the best team in the league.
AL MVP: Bobby Witt Jr.
It seems like many would have Aaron Judge at the top of this, especially considering the start to the season he's had.
But a baseball season is a long journey, and I see Witt, who finished behind Judge last season in American League MVP voting, taking it to the next level this season.
He led the American League in hits last year, and I don't see why he can't do it again.
Cy Youngs
AL Cy Young: Garrett Crochet
I understand many choosing Detroit Tigers' starter Tarik Skubal as their favorite coming off of his Cy Young season.
There hasn't been a back-to-back AL Cy Young Award winner since Pedro Martinez in 1999 and 2000.
I just think this is Crochet's big breakout year that he's been knocking on the door for a couple of years now and he's got a little motivation hitting his bank account after signing a massive extension with the Red Sox.
NL Cy Young: Paul Skenes
He might not rack up the wins on a Pirates team that just gave up three walk-off wins to the Miami Marlins, but Skenes has shown everything humanly possible that he's a bonafide Cy Young candidate until the wheels fall off years down the line.
Division Winners
AL East: Baltimore Orioles
I think the Orioles get by the Yankees and Red Sox and it'll come down to the final week of the season, claiming the AL East title by just a couple of games.
They arguably have the deepest lineup in the American League, needing their pitching to just be above average to give them a chance to win games this year.
Will they get over their playoff woes? Possibly. But they reclaim the AL East title this year with a team that currently leads the league with a .305 batting average at the time of this article.
AL Central: Kansas City Royals
The Guardians are the obvious choice for many and understandably so. But I think the AL Central will be, much like the AL East, a race to the finish line - but this time with the Royals claiming the Central's crown.
Both the Royals and Detroit Tigers finished 6.5 games behind Cleveland last season with an 86-76 record, but that came after the Tigers had one of the greatest Cinderella stories in recent baseball memory.
Witt wins the AL MVP and the Royals take the AL Central behind him.
AL West: Seattle Mariners
Good lord, this division is such a toss-up. The A's have a squad worth noting. The Astros are the Astros. The Angels are the Angels. And the Rangers are the Rangers.
The AL West is so peculiar that any of these teams - besides the Angels - could win this division.
But I feel going with the Mariners is a fun option, along with the Astros, considering Seattle hasn't finished below third in the division since the turn of the decade. Perhaps they become big buyers at the deadline and get a bat they'll desperately need.
NL East: New York Mets
Phillies fans, relax. The good thing about picking the Mets is that they probably won't win the NL East because that's just how my luck goes.
However, the Mets showed last year that they're a contender and now they have Juan Soto.
And if we saw what Soto's impact on the Yankees last season in the batter's box can do, there's no doubt he replicate that for the Mets this year.
NL Central: Chicago Cubs
If there's one division in the National League that's a toss-up, it's definitely the NL Central.
Nobody is particularly incredible, nor are they god awful.
The Brewers ran away with it last season, but let's have a little bit of fun and say the division goes to the Cubs with the St. Louis Cardinals right behind them.
NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers
This one doesn't need explaining no matter how great a start the San Diego Padres are also having or how underrated the Diamondbacks may be.
World Series
Dodgers vs Orioles
Orioles pitching gets obliterated and the Dodgers win in five games. The Dodgers are a team of All-Stars from top to bottom.
Anyone who doesn't have them repeating are out of their minds and trying too hard to be different.
Unless something unfortunate happens and Ohtani, Freeman, and Betts are all out for the year, I just can't see this team not winning the 2025 World Series under any other circumstances.
The Orioles hitting can undoubtedly get them to the big dance. But not signing an ace pitcher, or trading for one, in the offseason was an extremely bold move by their general manager Mike Elias, especially now seeing the injuries piling up for their pitching.
They can always make a move at the deadline but given how Elias has cold feet on giving up prospects for someone that's actually proven his worth in the league, I doubt they make any game-changing moves.
The Dodgers are just that good whether we hate them for how they've built their team or not - they are, and should be, the runaway World Series favourites.