Early Predictions for 2016's Rookie of the Year, MVP and Cy Young Races

There wasn't much in the way of surprises when it came to the recipients of baseball's major individual awards in 2015—aside from a National League Cy Young Award race that could have gone to either Los Angeles' Zack Greinke or Chicago's Jake Arrieta, the winners were who we thought they'd be.

So while it's incredibly early, what better time to take a look at how the races for the 2016 season might look?

While there are always three finalists for every award, we'll look at a five-player field of contenders for the three big ones—the Cy Young, Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year awards—in each league and predict which of those five players will walk away with the hardware.

Who stands to win big in 2016? Let's take a look.

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