While Josh Donaldson just keeps padding his lead in the American League MVP chase, many of the other 2015 MLB award races remain crowded as the season hits the home stretch.
A lot has changed since the last time we set the odds for baseball's most prestigious individual honors just two weeks ago. In the process of resetting the odds, we took all sorts of factors into consideration.
For each award, we determined the field of contenders by focusing in on the players and managers who have enjoyed the most success in 2015.
For the Rookie of the Year and Cy Young, which are all about individual performance, the most important factor was individual stats such as WAR, OPS, home runs, FIP, xFIP and ERA. For the Manager of the Year and MVP, the performance of each candidate's respective club also factored into the equation.
Each slide includes an honorable mention section because for each award there are sure to be players and managers who will be on the fringes of the discussion but have no viable shot of actually winning the honor.
With just three weeks to go, there's a lot left to be decided in nearly all of these major races. And that's certainly true in the National League MVP conversation where Yoenis Cespedes just elbowed his way into the picture.
via http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2567269-2015-mlb-award-race-odds-updates-with-3-weeks-to-go
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