While we may only be a month into the 2022 MLB regular season, certain stars have already jumped ahead in the races for baseball's biggest individual awards.
Manny Machado is making his case for why he should be the Most Valuable Player in the National League, though don't count out Nolan Arenado, back to his Colorado form in his second season in St. Louis. In the American League, Mike Trout is battling reigning MVP -- and Angels teammate -- Shohei Ohtani for the honor. There are some exciting new faces among the familiar ones in both Cy Young races, without a clear-cut front-runner yet.