Now that the season has reached its traditional midpoint, despite most teams already playing nearly 100 games (that's 62 percent done, for those keeping score), this is the appropriate time to revisit our pre-Opening Day awards.
Regrets? We have a few.
But let's wait a minute on that. Before we get to the do-overs, there's been plenty of eyebrow-raising developments, with Matt Harvey's resurgence (4-1, 2.38 ERA in his last six starts) since being shipped to the Reds, the buzzkill of Shohei Otani's disappointing elbow issues and the meteoric rise of A's castoff Max Muncy, who had 22 homers through his first 72 games to make the Dodgers look very smart.
Overall, we didn't see the Phillies and Braves in a dogfight for the top spot in the NL East, the Mariners challenging the Astros for AL West supremacy or the Mets trying to fend off the Marlins for the basement.
And have we mentioned the strikeouts? For the first time in history, MLB is on pace to finish with more Ks than hits, fueling concerns about the game's future. Anyway, before the countdown to the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline rearranges the baseball landscape, here's a look back to go with a fresh perspective on the BBWAA awards.
