There's still a lot of baseball left to be played in the 2022 Major League Baseball season. About five months' worth, to be precise, which means the league's major award races are far from clear.
For now, though, here's who we think is leading the way for the Cy Young Award and MVP races in the American League and National League.
In keeping with how there are always three finalists for these awards at the end of the year, we mainly focused on the top three contenders in each race. But since anything can still happen, we also touched on some dark-horse contenders worth monitoring.