#World Series MVP

The Chicago Cubs victory in the 2016 World Series gets discussed as if it was yesterday but the fact remains that the Cubs are closer to 2026 than they are to 2016. Starting pitcher Kyle Hendricks is the lone player that remains on the Cubs' roster from the 2016 team and questions have arisen over the course of the next two seasons regarding when…

Off the top of your head, see if you can name the teams that won the World Series every year of the last 10 seasons, in order. You ready? No peeking. The answers are, of course: 2013: Red Sox over Cardinals 2014: Giants over Royals 2015: Royals over Mets 2016: Cubs over Indians 2017: Astros over Dodgers 2018: Red Sox over Dodgers 2019: Nationals…

WASHINGTON - The Nationals face an uncomfortable reality they've been all-too-familiar with over the years: Stephen Strasburg is hurt again. He hit the IL on Tuesday for the 15th time in his career and fifth time over the last three seasons. It came after he missed the first two months of the season recovering from last summer's thoracic outlet…

With the All-Star break in the rearview, the 2022 MLB season is about to kick into high gear. The MLB trade deadline is less than two weeks away, and this year's deadline could see one of the game's best players get moved in Juan Soto. Once the deadline passes, the race for the playoffs will be on with just over two months of the regular season…

Oct 14, 2022; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa (12) throws to first base to force out Cleveland Guardians left fielder Steven Kwan (not pictured) during the seventh inning in game two of the ALDS for the 2022 MLB Playoffs at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports The New York…

The MLB, like any other league, has a strict set of rules that must be followed. This is due to the fact that the league wants to promote sportsmanship and integrity in the sport. In the history of Major League Baseball, we've seen several players and personnel face punishments such as suspensions and fines. These mostly stem from unsportsmanlike…

In the last four seasons, Freddie Freeman has led MLB in hits, doubles (twice), runs scored (twice), games and at bats. He won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 2020 and led the Atlanta Braves to a World Series title in 2021 - earning World Series MVP in the process. Now he's a free agent, and there is a possibility he won't be in…

Carlos Correa bet on himself a year ago, and on Tuesday night, he won big. The 28-year-old shortstop agreed to a massive 13-year, $350 million contract with the Giants, a source confirmed to NBC Sports Bay Area's Alex Pavlovic. Correa's pact with the Giants comes 13 months after he passed on a five-year, $160 million contract offer to stay with the…

Happy 2021 to all. A new year calls for a new batch of entertainingly dubious and dubiously entertaining baseball predictions. Ordinarily, the difficulty of such predictions comes down to the results. But in these unusual circumstances we find ourselves in, you'd have just as much difficulty predicting whether fans will be able to attend, the…

With the All-Star break in the rearview, the 2022 MLB season is about to kick into high gear. The MLB trade deadline is less than two weeks away, and this year's deadline could see one of the game's best players get moved in Juan Soto. Once the deadline passes, the race for the playoffs will be on with just over two months of the regular season…

Prior to the start of every sports season, people lay out predictions for how they think the campaign will go and what team will win it all. More often than not, the predictions aren't anywhere close to being accurate. Former Minnesota Twins third baseman and media personality Trevor Plouffe has bucked that trend. Back on March 31, Plouffe…

Whether you're planning to celebrate the weekend following Opening Day at Nationals Park, or just thinking about going to some games later in the season, here's what to know. Opening Day was Thursday, April 7. First pitch this year was delayed until 7:05 p.m. While the Nats lost to the Mets, Washington fans were thrilled at Juan Soto's home…

With Opening Day right around the corner, it's important to get ahead of as many predictions as possible. At least, it's more fun that way. Think about it like this: Just a few weeks ago, we weren't sure when we might watch Major League Baseball again. Here we are after every major free-agent signing and plenty of marquee trades, with a decent look…

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The 2022 Major League Baseball regular season and playoffs have come to a close and that means it's time for the 2022 World Series. Let's dive into the 2022 postseason schedule and the latest MLB playoffs bracket. Bookmark this page for updates on predictions, the schedule and the bracket for the 2022 MLB playoffs. Our projected 2022 MLB postseason…

The World Series is set to begin, and now the experts' picks are in. The 2020 Fall Classic between the Dodgers and Rays starts Tuesday with Game 1 at 8 p.m. ET at Globe Life Field in Arlington (watch on FOX). It's a clash of the top team of each league -- the Dodgers were the No. 1 playoff seed in the National League and the Rays were the No. 1 in…

The next Spring Training matchup between the New York Mets and the Miami Marlins is in less than a day. The New York Mets vs. Miami Marlins game will be played on Sunday, April 3, 2022, at 1:10 p.m. at Clover Park, 31 Plaza Drive, Port Saint Lucie, FL. Chris Bassitt is the starting pitcher for the New York Mets. The Mets are currently sporting six…

Dansby Swanson played an integral role in the Atlanta Braves success this past season, meaning his first appearance in the All-Star Game and winning the Gold Glove Award. Coming off a career-best season, the Georgia native might be looking for a new home. Swanson, age 28, enjoyed a contract-year breakout. He posted his highest batting average…

The Diamondbacks made a late run at a Wild Card spot last season and could do it again in 2020. Switch-hitters Ketel Marte and Eduardo Escobar enjoyed career years, and even a slight regression would still make them two of the most productive players in the league. The D-backs added Madison Bumgarner to lead the rotation after trading Zack Greinke…

Well, the Yankees season is over once again. Another year of disappointment after the team has spent hundreds of millions to watch and expect this team to win more games than the previous year. Well, a sweep to the Houston Astros is not the way they wanted to end it. Once again, a team that had solid pitching, couldn't get it done on the hitting…

In his latest letter to Commissioner Rob Manfred, obtained by TMZ Sports, the Hit King said he has apologized "many times" for gambling on the Reds and other baseball games while Cincinnati's manager. "I also know that I disappointed many Reds fans and baseball fans," Rose said. "Besides spending time with my kids and my partner, there's nothing…

The Boston Red Sox host the Atlanta Braves for Game 1 of a short 2-game series! It's time to continue our MLB odds series with a Braves-Red Sox prediction and pick. The Braves are coming off three losses in a row to the New York Mets. That was a tough 5-game series for them, as the Braves had a good shot of gaining ground on the Mets in the NL East…

Two of Action Network's MLB analysts offer their futures picks for the AL East in 2022. Mike Lanniello: Despite winning 91 games last season, the Blue Jays finished in fourth place in the robust AL East. That record would have been good enough for second place in four of the other five divisions. Based on Pythagorean run differential, Toronto's…

The Astros were just overall too much for Philadelphia to handle. As I predicted, they took the series in 6 games and we got to see masterclass performances by this Astros pitching crew. Framber Valdez to lead the way going 2-0 in the World Series with a 1.40 ERA are numbers players would dream to even achieve in the regular season. While Framber…

The Houston Astros, who have been present in the final four for every season since 2017, have gotten back to the top of the mountain, with their first title since that'17 campaign. Dusty Baker finally has his ring as a World Series-winning skipper, with Houston beating the Phillies in six games. They say that history repeats itself. Last year, the…

The World Series begins on Friday and there is no better time than to discuss World Series MVP predictions! It's time to continue our MLB odds series with a 2022 World Series MVP prediction and pick. When the Atlanta Braves took home the title in 2021, it was because of a group effort that resulted in a shocking sequence of events. After losing…

Even with the baseball season wrapping up just days ago, BetMGM wasted little time putting up World Series futures for the 2023 campaign. And despite the title this season, the Houston Astros are not the favorites to pick up a successive championship. Instead, the Los Angeles Dodgers have the shortest odds on the board at 5-1. Over the past five…

Xander Bogaerts made perhaps the easiest decision of his career on Monday afternoon, when he officially opted out of his team-friendly contract with the Red Sox to become a free agent for the first time. Bogaerts, 30, has been the most productive offensive shortstop in baseball for the last five years. Since 2018, his.880 OPS is clear and away the…

The MLB postseason field is officially set after a chaotic final weekend of regular season games. After expanding the playoffs to 16 teams in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, normalcy has returned with the 10-team field in 2021. This year's postseason has all the ingredients for an instant classic. Four of the most notable organizations in…

Imagine traveling back to May 2022 and getting a Mets fan, a Braves fan, and a Phillies fan into a room and telling the Phillies fan they would be the last team standing in the NL East. After the Mets and Braves fans stopped laughing, the Phillies fan would probably take a swing for getting their hopes up. Somehow, someway, that's the exact…

The Houston Astros haven't lost back-to-back games since late September but if they do tonight in Game 4 of the World Series in Philadelphia, the Phillies will take a commanding 3-1 lead. It's a pick'em at Caesars Sportsbook, but there's huge lean on the home team at BetMGM: 69% of bets and 76% of money are on the Phillies. . Let's take a quick…

The Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies are set to square off tonight in Game 4 of the World Series. First pitch is set for 7:03 p.m. at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. Chron's Josh Criswell and Michael Shapiro will provide live updates throughout the World Series between the Astros and Phillies. Cristian Javier hasn't spent long in the…

First pitch at Citizens Bank Park goes at 8:03 pm ET on Wednesday, November 2. The weather forecast is calling for clear skies with 4 mph wind and a temperature of 68 degrees. The Phillies are given -140 odds to go on to take the World Series in the MLB playoff bracket. Philadelphia outfielder Bryce Harper is the favorite to win the World Series…

The Philadelphia Phillies (87-75, 3rd in NL East) travel to the Lone Star State as they take on the Houston Astros (106-56, 1st in AL West) in the 2022 World Series that begins on Friday night at Minute Maid Park. Philadelphia has reached its eighth World Series in franchise history as it took care of business against the San Diego Padres in five…

Mattress Mack is at it again, this time with a chance to make U.S. sports betting history. Jim McIngvale, a Houston furniture store owner, has drawn plenty of attention for his massive wagers over the years, starting with the inaugural season of the Houston Texans and running through high-profile wagers on teams that have included the Alabama…

The Astros are the best-run franchise in baseball. Since 2017 only the Dodgers have won more games, and no one has been their league champion more often than the Astros. And that is despite a payroll $70-80 million less than the Yankees or Dodgers in 2022. The Yankees all screamed, "We Want Houston." What fools. What hubris. No one can believe that…

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- It's the tale of the underdogs in the City of Brotherly Love, but would we want it any other way? The Fightins look to win their first World Series Championship since 2008 as they battle with the Houston Astros in the Fall Classic. A new MLB.com 2022 World Series prediction shows "experts" polled by the league site favor the…

The Houston Astros have rolled through the 2022 MLB playoffs but their World Series opponent, the Philadelphia Phillies, are dangerous underdogs with surprising star power. Houston is 7-0 this postseason but has won four of those games by a single run, indicating that fortune has favoured them to some degree. The Phillies can't match the Astros'…

When we made our World Series picks entering the postseason, the Astros were the favorites in the American League, with five of our seven writers taking them to win the pennant. It's true that only one of us (Emma Baccellieri) tabbed Houston to win the World Series, but that was more due to the strength of the top two National League teams,…

The Houston Astros are back in the World Series for the fourth time in six seasons, and this time it's the Philadelphia Phillies who will aim to halt their dominant run. The World Series kicks off Friday in Houston at 8:03 p.m. ET on Fox. Check out our picks below (nearly 30 of our writers and editors voted) and share yours in the comments. Stephen…

The Houston Astros are fairly significant betting favorites to beat the Philadelphia Phillies in this year's World Series, but that doesn't mean there aren't profitable wagers to be made. Andrew Caley, senior betting analyst at Covers.com, joined Chron to discuss his favorite ways to bet on the Astros in the Fall Classic. I don't find that there's…

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The path to the 2022 World Series couldn't have been more different for the powerhouse Houston Astros and upstart Philadelphia Phillies. But the two teams will meet with the championship on the line. The best-of-7 meeting begins with Game 1 on Friday at Minute Maid Park in Houston. The Astros were the No. 1 team in the American League when were…

When the Orioles traded their most popular player, Trey Mancini, to the Houston Astros on August 1, it seemed that Mancini would have an excellent chance to play in a World Series. Now, nearly three months later, Mancini gets that chance. It was wonderful to see Mancini as one of the first Astros to run on the field at Yankee Stadium early Monday…

Welcome to the real October. The World Series begins on Friday, October 28 in Houston, where the first two games will be played, then three in Philadelphia, then the final two games (if necessary) back in Houston. The 2022 World Series is set between the Houston Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies. Both teams had incredible seasons, but had…

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We're still several days away from the first pitch of the 2022 Fall Classic, but the betting markets for World Series MVP are officially underway. Yordan Alvarez of the Houston Astros is the top favorite on the board at BetMGM Sportsbook at+600. Through 29 at-bats in the playoffs, Alvarez has two home runs, including two game-winners in the ALDS…

And then there were two. Major League Baseball's World Series begins this Friday night as the AL champion Houston Astros (-185) play host to the NL champion Philadelphia Phillies (+160) in a best-of-seven series that's got the ability to change the trajectories of both franchises. Houston's been just as dominant as it was during the regular season,…

The rivalry between the Yankees and Red Sox runs deep-even among former players. As Fox Sports continues its annual coverage of the MLB playoffs, analysts Alex Rodriguez and David Ortiz often get opportunities to revisit the old days of competing on the field. With Ortiz's Red Sox not in the postseason this year, that leaves Rodriguez with plenty…

The 2022 World Series MVP is an interesting discussion as the regular season comes to an end. Fans will be eagerly waiting for the post-season to commence. The start of the 2022 MLB postseason sees a dozen games set to take place as part of the Wild Card rounds. Each of the eight Wild Card teams will play in a best-of-three game series, with the…