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Do the Brewers have any legitimate NL award candidates in 2025?

Harrison Freuck is the managing editor of Brew Crew Ball, where he's covered the Brewers since 2022. He was previously the sports editor and editor in chief of The Badger Herald, where he covered Wisconsin Badgers athletics.

The 2025 MLB season is right around the corner, and preseason awards fodder is well underway. We’re here today to discuss whether any Brewers are serious contenders for the major NL awards this year. Let’s take an award-by-award look.

MVP

Catcher William Contreras has gradually transformed himself into a perennial MVP candidate, finishing 11th in the NL MVP race in 2023 and fifth in 2024.