2024 MLB Season Preview — Staff Predictions and Awards

The 2024 Major League Baseball season starts Thursday (other than the Seoul series, but thankfully this is the last time we’ll have to include that caveat), so the FTN team (and a few visitors!) wanted to get our picks on the record. Today, we’re running through our picks for division winners, awards, and some key fantasy tidbits for the 2024 season.

It’s an exciting team around FTN these days. The participants this year are:

• Vlad Sedler, FTN
• Eric Cross, FTN
• Lucas Biery, FTN
• Mike Mager, FTN
• Rob Orr, FTN
• Todd Whitestone, FTN
• Adam Young, FTN
• Daniel Kelley, FTN
• Jason Anthony, FTN
• Jake Kucheck, FTN
• Chris Meaney, FTN
• MLBdream, FTN
• Adam Rosenberg, FTN
• Fred Zinkie, Yahoo
• Brendan Tuma, Underdog
• Shelly Verougstraete, NFBC Player
• Steve Weimer, NFBC Player
• Phil Dussault, NFBC Player
• Drew Forte, NFBC Player
• Jenny Butler, Honorary FTN

Check below to see what everyone thinks. (On mobile devices, best viewed in landscape mode.)

2024 MLB Season Predictions

League Leaders

The answers:

NL HR Leader: Matt Olson (7), Pete Alonso (7), Kyle Schwarber (3), Austin Riley(1), Fernando Tatis (1), Oneil Cruz (1)

AL HR Leader: Aaron Judge (8), Yordan Alvarez (5), Juan Soto (3), Rafael Devers (2), Triston Casas (1), Spencer Torkelson (1)

MLB SB Leader: Ronald Acuña (6), Bobby Witt (4), Elly De La Cruz (3), Corbin Carroll (3), CJ Abrams (2), Victor Scott (1), Esteury Ruiz (1)

MLB Save Leader: Emmanuel Clase (5), Edwin Díaz (5), Raisel Iglesias (3), Josh Hader (2), Craig Kimbrel (2), Evan Phillips (1), Alexis Díaz (1), David Bednar (1)

Fantasy Picks

The answers:

#1 Fantasy Hitter: Ronald Acuña (13), Fernando Tatis (2), Bobby Witt (2), Mookie Betts (1), Julio Rodríguez (1), Freddie Freeman (1)

#1 Fantasy SP: Spencer Strider (20)

First-Round Fantasy Bust: Trea Turner (5), Aaron Judge (4), Corbin Carroll (4), Shohei Ohtani (2), Fernando Tatis (1), Matt Olson (1), Freddie Freeman (1), Juan Soto (1), Corbin Burnes (1)

Award Winners

The answers:

NL MVP: Mookie Betts (7), Ronald Acuña (6), Fernando Tatis (3), Shohei Ohtani (2), Bryce Harper (1), Freddie Freeman (1)

NL Cy Young: Spencer Strider (18), Zack Wheeler (2)

NL ROY: Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14), Jackson Chourio (5), Paul Skenes (1)

The answers:

AL MVP: Yordan Alvarez (5), Julio Rodríguez (5), Juan Soto (3), Bobby Witt (2), Kyle Tucker (2), Royce Lewis (1), Bo Bichette (1), Gunnar Henderson (1)

AL Cy Young: Luis Castillo (6), George Kirby (5), Pablo López (3), Corbin Burnes (2), Tarik Skubal (1), Framber Valdez (1), Cole Ragans (1), Kevin Gausman (1)

AL ROY: Wyatt Langford (15), Evan Carter (4), Junior Caminero (1)

Division Winners and Postseason

The answers:

NL West: Los Angeles Dodgers (19), San Francisco Giants (1)

NL Central: Chicago Cubs (14), St. Louis Cardinals (3), Pittsburgh Pirates (3)

NL East: Atlanta Braves (18), Philadelphia Phillies (2)

The answers:

AL West: Houston Astros (15), Texas Rangers (3), Seattle Mariners (2)

AL Central: Minnesota Twins (19), Cleveland Guardians (1)

AL East: Baltimore Orioles (15), Toronto Blue Jays (3), Tampa Bay Rays (1), New York Yankees (1)

The answers:

NLCS: Atlanta Braves (10), Los Angeles Dodgers (6), Philadelphia Phillies (4)

ALCS: Baltimore Orioles (11), Houston Astros (4), Seattle Mariners (3), Detroit Tigers (1), Minnesota Twins (1)

World Series: Atlanta Braves (7), Los Angeles Dodgers (5), Baltimore Orioles (3), Philadelphia Phillies (3), Houston Astros (1), Seattle Mariners (1)