SPECULATOR: Longshot leaders & award winners, pt 1

As we do every year, we close out the pre-season calendar with a look at some possible long-shot league leaders and award winners. We don't think it is at all interesting to predict a Mike Trout MVP or a Clayton Kershaw Cy Young Award. Around here, we dig deeper....

Here, we'll cover batting champions, SB leaders, and HR leaders. We'll circle back with Part 2 in a couple of days, featuring MVP candidates and the pitching leaders.
 

Batting champions

National League

Freddie Freeman (1B, ATL) has seen his stock falling this spring, due mostly to concerns about the quality of the lineup around him in Atlanta. And that may in fact have some impact on his counting stats, but Freeman is an accomplished enough hitter that he may actually be...

Almost!

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