MLB award predictions 2026: MVPs Ohtani and Judge will be dethroned

The 2026 Major League Baseball season has less than two weeks to go, and most of league's major awards have runaway favorites – with new faces expected to win the MVP and Cy Young honors in each league.

The Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong will certainly dethrone Shohei Ohtani for the NL MVP award, snapping Ohtani's three-year reign that dates back to his final season with the Los Angeles Angels. In the AL, the Houston Astros' Yordan Alvarez is in the running for the Triple Crown and should win the award over the Tampa Ray Rays' Junior Caminero, with back-to-back winner Aaron Judge hampered by an injury this season.

Both expected Cy Young winners are in their second MLB seasons: Cam Schlittler of the New York Yankees and Jacob Misiorowski of the Milwaukee Brewers. Each right-hander sports an ERA below 2.00 entering Tuesday and have fans amped about the next generation of aces in MLB.

Here's our predictions for the 2026 MLB awards:

Triple Crown incoming? The 29-year-old has proven himself as one of the greatest sluggers of the era and should win this award easily, having already set a career-high with 38 home runs. He's the runaway favorite, but Houston…

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