Speaker 1: Welcome in everybody to betting pros. It's time to place
Speaker 1: your bets. It has bet Joey p joe p as Apia,
Speaker 1: and today we're going to take a look at the
Speaker 1: MLB futures market. The market has certainly moved since the
Speaker 1: beginning of the season, so I think it's high pass
Speaker 1: time for an update to see where the numbers are
Speaker 1: when it comes to some of the MVP sy Young
Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year races, and maybe some looks into
Speaker 1: the World Series and playoffs as well. So obviously, injuries
Speaker 1: have had a lot to do with a lot of
Speaker 1: these moving numbers for some of these subjects we're going
Speaker 1: to talk about today, but also for others, some things
Speaker 1: are absolutely on track to what we were talking about
Speaker 1: in the beginning of the year. Let's take a look
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the American League MVP race. Aeron
Speaker 1: Judge sits at the top at plus one eighty one
Speaker 1: Soda A plus two ten. Gunnor Henderson is still floating
Speaker 1: around there plus six point fifty. The interesting one here
Speaker 1: that's outside of the boxes Jose Ramirez, who is plus
Speaker 1: three thousand now. Ramiras is at a great season and
Speaker 1: he continues to be kind of a one man squad.
Speaker 1: The thing about Judge and Soda is, even though they
Speaker 1: both play for the Yankees, they kind of cannibalize each other.
Speaker 1: It's something we talked about earlier in the year as
Speaker 1: well that could be a problem. Now am I giving
Speaker 1: up completely on my Julio Rodriguez wagers? Starting to look
Speaker 1: a little dice unless they get him some help sooner
Speaker 1: than later. And right now I think probably it is
Speaker 1: a fore gone conclusion he is not gonna win it
Speaker 1: this year. Si, but Wan Sodo a plus two to
Speaker 1: ten has been absolutely spectacular. Maybe, just maybe Soda would
Speaker 1: edge out Aaron Judge. I think Soto is the better
Speaker 1: wager of the two right now. But Jose Ramirez lurking
Speaker 1: at plus three thousand is a really intriguing one too,
Speaker 1: because his numbers are not that far off of the
Speaker 1: guys at the top. Speaking of guys at the top,
Speaker 1: the Dodgers are at the top, and it's still Mookie
Speaker 1: Betts and Showeyotani. Mookie Bets at plus one forty, Otani
Speaker 1: a plus four to ten, Bryce Harper at six hundreds.
Speaker 1: The one I want to talk about again when we
Speaker 1: are looking at the class of the National League. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the Dodger are gonna have a lot of wins, but
Speaker 1: so are the Phillies. I still like the Phillies very much.
Speaker 1: For the National League crown, especially for that Eastern Division.
Speaker 1: I think that's a four gone conclusion with the Akunya injury,
Speaker 1: but plus six hundred for Bryce Harper is in a
Speaker 1: really intriguing number. I still like the Otani number two
Speaker 1: at plus four hundred. Mookie Bets was so good in
Speaker 1: the month of April, but this is an award really
Speaker 1: based in the second part of the season. So right now,
Speaker 1: Otani and Harper I think are better values on the
Speaker 1: board than Mooki Bets. I haven't bet Mookie Betts once yet,
Speaker 1: and I'm not going to do it. I think it's
Speaker 1: Otani or Harper at the end of the day, those
Speaker 1: seem like the two best locks. I know. Elie de
Speaker 1: la Cruz has been fun, but he's not consistent enough. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: when he looked at the American League Cy Young Race,
Speaker 1: I had real concerns. I'll be honest about Treik Schooble
Speaker 1: because he played for the Detroit Tigers, and there are
Speaker 1: still concerns about what the innings total looks like down
Speaker 1: the stretch he is at plus one eighty at the
Speaker 1: top of the American League Cy Young board, and I
Speaker 1: get it, everybody. I'm looking at it too and saying, man,
Speaker 1: the guy has been so good and so consistent it's
Speaker 1: hard not to want to invest. But I still look
Speaker 1: at Corman Burns at plus four to ten is the
Speaker 1: better of the two wagers right now because Corman Burns
Speaker 1: is going to pitch for the Orioles. The Orioles are
Speaker 1: going to be a playoff team. The Tigers are probably
Speaker 1: not going to be such. And if he does get
Speaker 1: shut down maybe in September because of innings, that could
Speaker 1: hurt his chance as finishing things out. Look, Turik Scooble
Speaker 1: has done everything he possibly could to win this award,
Speaker 1: and I give him credit. But I still like Corbyn
Speaker 1: Burns over the full six months of the season, even
Speaker 1: though Turik Schouble is the al Cy Young in my opinion,
Speaker 1: over the first two months of the season. Looking at
Speaker 1: the Rookie of the year in the American League, Louis
Speaker 1: Heel is at the top at minus money minus one
Speaker 1: thirty five Mason Miller plus three seventy. This is a
Speaker 1: tough one because heel has been absolutely brilliant. But the
Speaker 1: question is again innings. He's only thrown ninety six as
Speaker 1: a high watermark back in twenty nineteen at professional baseball level.
Speaker 1: That's not gonna get him very far. We have Garrett
Speaker 1: Cole coming back soon. He's gonna get skip starts. I'm
Speaker 1: sure at some point things could be really messy for
Speaker 1: heal down the stretch now Mason Miller plus three seventy. Again,
Speaker 1: he is not a position player nor a starting pitcher,
Speaker 1: so closers have a tough time of winning this. Wyatt
Speaker 1: Langford's still lurking about at plus twenty nine hundred. And
Speaker 1: if you think that Wyatt Langford can't win this award,
Speaker 1: let me remind you who won it last year, Gunnar Henderson,
Speaker 1: who did what for April and May absolutely nothing. So
Speaker 1: this is the perfect time to throw a small unit
Speaker 1: on Wyatt Langford and watch it grow over time and
Speaker 1: see if after the recent injury, if he can get
Speaker 1: back on track. When it comes to looking at the
Speaker 1: absolute top of the standings, obviously we have some changes
Speaker 1: here and some surprises as well. In the American League East,
Speaker 1: the Yankees are far and away the favorites at minus
Speaker 1: four to forty, but the Ools at plus three to
Speaker 1: twenty are still highly investible. In the Central, the Cleveland
Speaker 1: Guardians lead at minus one forty five. I still like
Speaker 1: the Guardians for this division, but the Twins are lurking
Speaker 1: right behind them, and Royce Lewis is back from injury,
Speaker 1: and this guy is an MVP caliber player. I know
Speaker 1: that's a very high praise, but I think he is
Speaker 1: that good. At plus two to fifty, the Twins are
Speaker 1: much more intriguing wager at this juncture in the season
Speaker 1: to win this division opposed to the Guardians, and I
Speaker 1: still believe in the Twins pitching more than the Guardians pitching.
Speaker 1: I don't believe in Kansas City, even though they've been
Speaker 1: fun earlier in the year. In the West, the Mariners
Speaker 1: are at the top at minus one seventy five, with
Speaker 1: the Astros at plus three twenty and the Rangers the
Speaker 1: reigning champs at plus three sixty. Now the Rangers are
Speaker 1: getting Langford back, Max Scherzer should be back in the
Speaker 1: next few weeks ahead, so this could become a really
Speaker 1: tight race here. The Houston Astros losing Christian Javier really
Speaker 1: hurts them too. Verlander's been up and down. They've had
Speaker 1: some recent injuries. It just feels like the Astros window
Speaker 1: might be closing. That's how I feel. The Mariners pitching
Speaker 1: has been brilliant. This was the team that I picked
Speaker 1: for the American League in the beginning of the year
Speaker 1: and I'm sticking to it. And when you're looking at
Speaker 1: the Mariners, it's just a matter of getting a bat,
Speaker 1: whether it's a Pee Alonzo or a Luis Robert. They
Speaker 1: need somebody to protect Julio Rodriguez in that lineup, and
Speaker 1: I do think they have the goods in the minor
Speaker 1: leagues to get that deal done, and I do think
Speaker 1: they should get that deal done sooner than later. In
Speaker 1: the East of the National League, it's the Phillies. It's
Speaker 1: already minus three twenty, so let it go. In the Central,
Speaker 1: looking right now, the Milwaukee Brewers at the top at
Speaker 1: minus one forty five. I would not rule out the
Speaker 1: Cubs yet at plus plus three sixty. The Cardinals at
Speaker 1: plus five hundred, I just don't think they have the
Speaker 1: horses in their rotation. But the Cubs, they think, you know,
Speaker 1: some of the injuries they've had between Suzuki missing time,
Speaker 1: and Steal missing time, and Bellinger missing time. I just
Speaker 1: think the Cubs are gonna have a second half run.
Speaker 1: Call me crazy all you want, but I look at
Speaker 1: the Cubs at plus three sixty as a decent wager,
Speaker 1: and already the minus money for the Brewers. We'll see
Speaker 1: the Brewers lineup. I'm still skeptical. Up in the West,
Speaker 1: it's the Dodgers. Just let it go. It ain't happening
Speaker 1: for anybody else. So that's what it looks like now
Speaker 1: when we're looking to some of the wagers to win
Speaker 1: the American League. The Yankees are a plus one ninety,
Speaker 1: the Oriels at plus four sixty, the Mariners a plus
Speaker 1: six fifty. Is where I want to live. Why because
Speaker 1: of the rotation depth now. The Yankees are plus one ninety,
Speaker 1: obviously the favorites for a reason, but still a very
Speaker 1: public team. Nonetheless, the Mariners, on the other hand, again,
Speaker 1: if they get Louis Robert, if they get another bat,
Speaker 1: think about how good that offense could potentially be with
Speaker 1: more lineup protection. Maybe another bat too, maybe not just one,
Speaker 1: but two bats. And they already have the best short
Speaker 1: playoff rotation that I can imagine in the American League.
Speaker 1: So I still like the Manners and plus six fifty,
Speaker 1: it's still a great number. On the National League side,
Speaker 1: the Dodgers of the very public team at plus one
Speaker 1: thirty five. So give me the Phillies at three to one.
Speaker 1: No Spencer Strider, Noah Kunya, no Atlanta Braves for me.
Speaker 1: I just don't think they can do it. And really,
Speaker 1: this is a Philly Dodger two horse race for me
Speaker 1: in the National League and to win the World Series.
Speaker 1: I like the Phillies at plus six fifty right now.
Speaker 1: They are in a great position. Zach Wheeler is pitched
Speaker 1: like a cy Young you can't deny him. And then
Speaker 1: on top of which, you've got a good rotation here
Speaker 1: where Ranger Swarez has been brilliant. Wheeler Nola. That's a
Speaker 1: really good one two three punch in a playoff scenario.
Speaker 1: So why not at the end of the day look
Speaker 1: for the Philadelphia Phillies to come away with this. You're
Speaker 1: getting a good number on the Yankees two at plus
Speaker 1: four to forty. But so much of this has to
Speaker 1: do with Garrick Cole getting healthy, getting right, and staying healthy.
Speaker 1: And I'm still not sold that that could happen. The
Speaker 1: Dodgers at plus two to seventy are very public. But
Speaker 1: here's my problem with the Dodgers again, rotation. I saw
Speaker 1: that Todgers lose a couple of games to Paul Skins,
Speaker 1: and Jared Jones was in two games to the Pirates.
Speaker 1: Those pitchers aren't going to be around probably in September
Speaker 1: or October. But still it just reminds us of the
Speaker 1: problem with the Dodgers. They are built for one sixty two,
Speaker 1: not always a short season. I think that is a
Speaker 1: bit of a problem when you start to dig into them.
Speaker 1: The Phillies, on the other hand, are also a team
Speaker 1: that's very intriguing because why they are a team that
Speaker 1: does still, in my opinion, have a fair amount of
Speaker 1: home field advantage. It's something that does not show up
Speaker 1: very much nowadays. A lot of the ballparks you go to,
Speaker 1: the crowd isn't really a big factor in Philadelphia. It's
Speaker 1: a factor you saw last year. It was really tough
Speaker 1: for opposing teams to go into Philadelphia and win games
Speaker 1: in the playoffs or win games in September. That crowd
Speaker 1: is ready to go. They're excited and speaking about cy
Speaker 1: Young's too. In the National League, Zach Wheeler plus two
Speaker 1: ten is at the top of that board and he
Speaker 1: seems like a pretty good investment. Tyler Glasnew has been
Speaker 1: fantastic at plus six hundred. I know is Chris Sale
Speaker 1: as well has been really good, but he's had some
Speaker 1: hiccups of late. Two. Imonaga I think is gonna come
Speaker 1: back down to earth. So instead of the National League
Speaker 1: Cy Young race, I'm going to continue to back Zach Wheeler.
Speaker 1: I just think it's his time, even though Ranger Suarez,
Speaker 1: his teammate, has been basically right there with him. I
Speaker 1: don't see any dark horses here except maybe a Freddy
Speaker 1: Peralta if he just goes off with strikeouts in the
Speaker 1: second half. But again, that would require the Brewers also
Speaker 1: having a great second half as two, and we're not
Speaker 1: quite there yet. Now, speaking of the National League, just
Speaker 1: wrap things up here. We're talking about the National League
Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year race. Shotto Emanaga at plus one
Speaker 1: thirty five leads that race still, but Paul Skeins is
Speaker 1: right behind him now at plus three twenty and Yamamoto
Speaker 1: at plus five hundred. Jared Jones has been really intriguing
Speaker 1: and I wonder if Jared Jones outlast Paul Skeins this year.
Speaker 1: If he does at plus two thousand, that is a
Speaker 1: really fun long shot potentially for this award. You also
Speaker 1: got guys like James Wood who have it made their
Speaker 1: debut yet he should be coming up, hopefully in the
Speaker 1: second half of the season to make an impact. But
Speaker 1: until further notice, it's Imanaga's to lose. If you listen
Speaker 1: to the shows. We already bet Imanaga earlier in the
Speaker 1: season at a good number, so if you want to
Speaker 1: cash out, you can, But it seems like a good
Speaker 1: bet to kind of ride the wave right now because
Speaker 1: the two Pirates pitchers who are trying to chase him
Speaker 1: might not have enough innings left in the tank to
Speaker 1: do it towards the end of the season where it
Speaker 1: might matter most. So even though Emanaga might be an
Speaker 1: old rookie, he might be the rookie of the year
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