Jose Ramirez for MVP!? Best MLB Bets for the MVP, Cy Young & World Series Winner (Ep. 471)

the World Series and playoffs as well. So obviously, injuries have had a lot to do with a lot of these moving numbers for some of these subjects we're going to talk about today, but also for others, some things are absolutely on track to what we were talking about in the beginning of the year. Let's take a look at the beginning of the American League MVP race. Aeron Judge sits at the top at plus one eighty one Soda A plus two ten. Gunnor Henderson is still floating

around there plus six point fifty. The interesting one here that's outside of the boxes Jose Ramirez, who is plus three thousand now. Ramiras is at a great season and he continues to be kind of a one man squad. The thing about Judge and Soda is, even though they both play for the Yankees, they kind of cannibalize each other. It's something we talked about earlier in the year as well that could be a problem. Now am I giving

up completely on my Julio Rodriguez wagers? Starting to look a little dice unless they get him some help sooner than later. And right now I think probably it is a fore gone conclusion he is not gonna win it this year. Si, but Wan Sodo a plus two to ten has been absolutely spectacular. Maybe, just maybe Soda would edge out Aaron Judge. I think Soto is the better

wager of the two right now. But Jose Ramirez lurking at plus three thousand is a really intriguing one too, because his numbers are not that far off of the guys at the top. Speaking of guys at the top, the Dodgers are at the top, and it's still Mookie Betts and Showeyotani. Mookie Bets at plus one forty, Otani a plus four to ten, Bryce Harper at six hundreds. The one I want to talk about again when we

are looking at the class of the National League. Yeah, the Dodger are gonna have a lot of wins, but so are the Phillies. I still like the Phillies very much. For the National League crown, especially for that Eastern Division. I think that's a four gone conclusion with the Akunya injury, but plus six hundred for Bryce Harper is in a really intriguing number. I still like the Otani number two at plus four hundred. Mookie Bets was so good in the month of April, but this is an award really

based in the second part of the season. So right now, Otani and Harper I think are better values on the board than Mooki Bets. I haven't bet Mookie Betts once yet, and I'm not going to do it. I think it's Otani or Harper at the end of the day, those seem like the two best locks. I know. Elie de la Cruz has been fun, but he's not consistent enough. Unfortunately, when he looked at the American League Cy Young Race,

I had real concerns. I'll be honest about Treik Schooble because he played for the Detroit Tigers, and there are still concerns about what the innings total looks like down the stretch he is at plus one eighty at the top of the American League Cy Young board, and I get it, everybody. I'm looking at it too and saying, man, the guy has been so good and so consistent it's

hard not to want to invest. But I still look at Corman Burns at plus four to ten is the better of the two wagers right now because Corman Burns is going to pitch for the Orioles. The Orioles are going to be a playoff team. The Tigers are probably not going to be such. And if he does get shut down maybe in September because of innings, that could hurt his chance as finishing things out. Look, Turik Scooble has done everything he possibly could to win this award,

and I give him credit. But I still like Corbyn Burns over the full six months of the season, even though Turik Schouble is the al Cy Young in my opinion, over the first two months of the season. Looking at the Rookie of the year in the American League, Louis Heel is at the top at minus money minus one thirty five Mason Miller plus three seventy. This is a tough one because heel has been absolutely brilliant. But the

question is again innings. He's only thrown ninety six as a high watermark back in twenty nineteen at professional baseball level. That's not gonna get him very far. We have Garrett Cole coming back soon. He's gonna get skip starts. I'm sure at some point things could be really messy for heal down the stretch now Mason Miller plus three seventy. Again, he is not a position player nor a starting pitcher, so closers have a tough time of winning this. Wyatt

Langford's still lurking about at plus twenty nine hundred. And if you think that Wyatt Langford can't win this award, let me remind you who won it last year, Gunnar Henderson, who did what for April and May absolutely nothing. So this is the perfect time to throw a small unit on Wyatt Langford and watch it grow over time and see if after the recent injury, if he can get back on track. When it comes to looking at the absolute top of the standings, obviously we have some changes

here and some surprises as well. In the American League East, the Yankees are far and away the favorites at minus four to forty, but the Ools at plus three to twenty are still highly investible. In the Central, the Cleveland Guardians lead at minus one forty five. I still like the Guardians for this division, but the Twins are lurking right behind them, and Royce Lewis is back from injury, and this guy is an MVP caliber player. I know that's a very high praise, but I think he is

that good. At plus two to fifty, the Twins are much more intriguing wager at this juncture in the season to win this division opposed to the Guardians, and I still believe in the Twins pitching more than the Guardians pitching. I don't believe in Kansas City, even though they've been fun earlier in the year. In the West, the Mariners are at the top at minus one seventy five, with the Astros at plus three twenty and the Rangers the

reigning champs at plus three sixty. Now the Rangers are getting Langford back, Max Scherzer should be back in the next few weeks ahead, so this could become a really tight race here. The Houston Astros losing Christian Javier really hurts them too. Verlander's been up and down. They've had some recent injuries. It just feels like the Astros window might be closing. That's how I feel. The Mariners pitching

has been brilliant. This was the team that I picked for the American League in the beginning of the year and I'm sticking to it. And when you're looking at the Mariners, it's just a matter of getting a bat, whether it's a Pee Alonzo or a Luis Robert. They need somebody to protect Julio Rodriguez in that lineup, and I do think they have the goods in the minor leagues to get that deal done, and I do think they should get that deal done sooner than later. In

the East of the National League, it's the Phillies. It's already minus three twenty, so let it go. In the Central, looking right now, the Milwaukee Brewers at the top at minus one forty five. I would not rule out the Cubs yet at plus plus three sixty. The Cardinals at plus five hundred, I just don't think they have the horses in their rotation. But the Cubs, they think, you know, some of the injuries they've had between Suzuki missing time,

and Steal missing time, and Bellinger missing time. I just think the Cubs are gonna have a second half run. Call me crazy all you want, but I look at the Cubs at plus three sixty as a decent wager, and already the minus money for the Brewers. We'll see the Brewers lineup. I'm still skeptical. Up in the West, it's the Dodgers. Just let it go. It ain't happening for anybody else. So that's what it looks like now when we're looking to some of the wagers to win

the American League. The Yankees are a plus one ninety, the Oriels at plus four sixty, the Mariners a plus six fifty. Is where I want to live. Why because of the rotation depth now. The Yankees are plus one ninety, obviously the favorites for a reason, but still a very public team. Nonetheless, the Mariners, on the other hand, again, if they get Louis Robert, if they get another bat, think about how good that offense could potentially be with

more lineup protection. Maybe another bat too, maybe not just one, but two bats. And they already have the best short playoff rotation that I can imagine in the American League. So I still like the Manners and plus six fifty, it's still a great number. On the National League side, the Dodgers of the very public team at plus one thirty five. So give me the Phillies at three to one. No Spencer Strider, Noah Kunya, no Atlanta Braves for me.

I just don't think they can do it. And really, this is a Philly Dodger two horse race for me in the National League and to win the World Series. I like the Phillies at plus six fifty right now. They are in a great position. Zach Wheeler is pitched like a cy Young you can't deny him. And then on top of which, you've got a good rotation here where Ranger Swarez has been brilliant. Wheeler Nola. That's a really good one two three punch in a playoff scenario. So why not at the end of the day look

for the Philadelphia Phillies to come away with this. You're getting a good number on the Yankees two at plus four to forty. But so much of this has to do with Garrick Cole getting healthy, getting right, and staying healthy. And I'm still not sold that that could happen. The Dodgers at plus two to seventy are very public. But here's my problem with the Dodgers again, rotation. I saw that Todgers lose a couple of games to Paul Skins, and Jared Jones was in two games to the Pirates.

Those pitchers aren't going to be around probably in September or October. But still it just reminds us of the problem with the Dodgers. They are built for one sixty two, not always a short season. I think that is a bit of a problem when you start to dig into them. The Phillies, on the other hand, are also a team that's very intriguing because why they are a team that does still, in my opinion, have a fair amount of home field advantage. It's something that does not show up

very much nowadays. A lot of the ballparks you go to, the crowd isn't really a big factor in Philadelphia. It's a factor you saw last year. It was really tough for opposing teams to go into Philadelphia and win games in the playoffs or win games in September. That crowd is ready to go. They're excited and speaking about cy Young's too. In the National League, Zach Wheeler plus two ten is at the top of that board and he seems like a pretty good investment. Tyler Glasnew has been

fantastic at plus six hundred. I know is Chris Sale as well has been really good, but he's had some hiccups of late. Two. Imonaga I think is gonna come back down to earth. So instead of the National League Cy Young race, I'm going to continue to back Zach Wheeler. I just think it's his time, even though Ranger Suarez, his teammate, has been basically right there with him. I don't see any dark horses here except maybe a Freddy Peralta if he just goes off with strikeouts in the

second half. But again, that would require the Brewers also having a great second half as two, and we're not quite there yet. Now, speaking of the National League, just wrap things up here. We're talking about the National League Rookie of the Year race. Shotto Emanaga at plus one thirty five leads that race still, but Paul Skeins is right behind him now at plus three twenty and Yamamoto

at plus five hundred. Jared Jones has been really intriguing and I wonder if Jared Jones outlast Paul Skeins this year. If he does at plus two thousand, that is a really fun long shot potentially for this award. You also got guys like James Wood who have it made their debut yet he should be coming up, hopefully in the second half of the season to make an impact. But until further notice, it's Imanaga's to lose. If you listen

to the shows. We already bet Imanaga earlier in the season at a good number, so if you want to cash out, you can, But it seems like a good bet to kind of ride the wave right now because the two Pirates pitchers who are trying to chase him might not have enough innings left in the tank to do it towards the end of the season where it might matter most. So even though Emanaga might be an old rookie, he might be the rookie of the year

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