The shortened 2020 regular season begins today for the Milwaukee Brewers, and it will be a year unlike any other that we’ve ever seen or experienced before. A shortened 60-game regional schedule, an expanded postseason including 16 teams, and the fact that it’s being played in empty stadiums (with the Blue Jays not even allowed to play at home in Canada) in the middle of an ongoing pandemic. Everything about the attempt to play Major League Baseball this year is bold, so naturally the Brew Crew Ball staff has some intrepid predictions to offer for this unprecedented season:
David Gibson: Brandon Woodruff wins the Cy Young
To win the award, Woodruff’s pitching numbers will have to be so dominant that there is no question that he is better than the obvious like Jacob DeGrom, Max Scherzer, Clayton Kershaw, and Stephen Strasburg.