Yankees’ Aaron Judge or Angels’ Shohei Ohtani for AL MVP? CC Sabathia’s controversial pick

The Shohei Ohtani Era is over in Anaheim but moving only about 30 miles north up I-5 in Los Angeles as the two-time American League MVP has left the Angels and agreed to a reported 10-year, $700 million deal with the Dodgers, who were the betting favorites all along to sign the Japanese dual threat - although he will not pitch in 2024 off another…

The moves are starting to roll in during the MLB offseason with the latest signing seeing pitcher Sonny Gray head from Minnesota to St. Louis. The biggest fish in free agency is American League Most Valuable Player Shohei Ohtani. Naturally, his landing spot will impact the MLB futures odds. Before that happens, let's look at how things stand after…

Los Angeles Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani became the first Japanese player to lead Major League Baseball in jersey sales this season. According to the Associated Press, MLB and the MLB Players Association released a list of the top 20 jersey sellers Friday based on Nike jerseys sold on MLBShop.com since Opening Day. Ohtani topped the list,…

Two years ago, Shohei Ohtani became the 19th player to win the Most Valuable Player award by a unanimous vote of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BWAA). It was quite an achievement for Ohtani, who is arguably the best hitter-pitcher combination in baseball history. This season, Ohtani has been even better. The Los Angeles Angels star…

Whether it be sportsbooks, the media, or baseball fans in general, it just keeps happening: We continue to underrate and overlook the dominance of Yankees slugger Aaron Judge. At this time last year, Judge had already cranked 21 of his AL single-season record 62 home runs. He had 30 bombs by July 8, when my colleague and Sporting News MLB editor…

With 62 home runs, a $230 million worth bet, and a broken American League record of 61 years ago, Aaron Judge carried the New York Yankees to the ALCS. Despite their eventual humiliating loss to the Astros, there was never any question about Judge leading the race of the American League MVP race. However, on the other hand, running up to him was a…

Shohei Ohtani (+200) is the favorite to win AL MVP at SI Sportsbook. Ohtani is the rightful favorite to take home his second MVP award in 2023. The league's only two-way player pitched to a 2.33 ERA (sixth in MLB) with 15 wins (T-4th) while also smashing 34 home runs (T-8th) and batting.270 in 2022. That's awfully hard to top. It took Aaron…

Shohei Ohtani is ready for the 2023 season to start. The Los Angeles Angels slugging pitcher received 28 second-place votes for AL MVP last year, and the award ultimately went to New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge. Ohtani, who was the 2021 AL MVP, is going to use this as extra motivation, according to Angels manager Phil Nevin. BUY MLB…

Who will win MLB MVP in 2023? New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge and St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt took home the honors last year. Now, we look ahead to the 2023 season with an outlook analyzing the National League and American League candidates for the MLB MVP race. Major League Baseball is the only American professional…

Aaron Judge is the favorite to take home his first career MVP award after finishing second to Jose Altuve in 2017. He posted a sterling 11.4 fWAR, broke the American League home run record and dragged the New York Yankees to the playoffs. Ordinarily, he would be an easy choice. However, any year in which Shohei Ohtani plays does make for an easy…

Nearly three months ago, our own Tom Verducci called the budding American League MVP debate between Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani " one of the greatest of all time." Now that we've reached the end of the regular season, his words have been proven correct. In one corner stands a two-way star the likes of which have never been seen. In the other is a…

The Yankees may have the right stuff to finally slay the Astros in the postseason and reach the World Series. Houston's manager Dusty Baker believes the Yankees will have the best player on the field: Aaron Judge. "He's a bad boy," Baker told the "R2C2" podcast with CC Sabathia and Ryan Ruocco in a clip released Thursday. Want to bet on MLB? Baker…

You can put a number to just about anything in baseball. And sometimes those numbers are worthy of a spit-take. Here are 22 weird, wild numbers from the 2022 season. We can't promise you we have included every bonkers stat from this season (baseball is pretty bonkers, after all). But these are some of our favorites. All stats are through Sunday's…

The BetSided crew got back on the "Daily Dinger" board Tuesday night from Coors Field in Denver, as Donnavan Smoot's selection of slugger C.J. Cron blasted one out at+300 odds. With just a few weeks to go, the standings in our in-house contest are starting to get real interesting. BetSided's Ben Heisler remains in first with 20, Peter Dewey and…

Who: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York Yankees When: Wednesday, Sept. 21 Time: 7:05 p.m. EDT Where: Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY) Betting Odds Summary Moneyline: Pirates+245, Yankees -300 Runline: Pirates+1.5 (+115), Yankees -1.5 (-138) Total: Over/Under 7.5 Runs (-118/-104) Several notable things happened on Tuesday night in the Bronx. For starters,…

The fight for the American League MVP is a two-man race. It's been that way pretty much all season long. In one corner, there's the power-hitting outfielder on one of the best teams in the American League, looking to etch his name in the record books of one of baseball's most storied franchises. And in the other corner, there's the two-way…

Who will win MLB MVP in 2022? Los Angeles Angels two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani won AL MVP and Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Bryce Harper took home his second NL MVP honor in 2021. Major League Baseball is the only American professional sport that wards two MVP awards, one to each conference. It allows two players to take home a prestigious honor,…

This article was contributed by DraftKings. For more sports betting insights, check out DraftKings Playbook. The MVP race is essentially wrapped up, right? The two favorites on the board, Aaron Judge and Paul Goldschmidt, have run away with the award, according to the odds. Judge is -2000 to win the AL award, while Goldschmidt is at -2500 for the…

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Are too many people sleeping on Shohei Ohtani for AL MVP? Are too many people talking about it? Is the answer somewhere in the middle? Let's try to sort it out. First off, when it comes to the 2022 American League Most Valuable Player award, the best bet is all roads leading to Yankees slugger Aaron Judge. His chase to join the 60-home run club is…

The biggest headline over the past week in MLB has been the great debate on who should win the AL MVP. Aaron Judge or Shohei Ohtani? Aaron Judge is currently on pace to beat Roger Maris' single season record of 61 home runs, and generational two-way player Shohei Ohtani has performed as not just a top-15 hitter, but a top-15 pitcher as well. It's…

The New York Yankees and Los Angeles Angels clash once again! It's time to continue our MLB odds series with a Yankees-Angels prediction and pick. Wednesday night will be the rubber match between two teams in different spectrums of the American League standings. The Yankees are leading the AL East and own the second-best record in the AL at…

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge gave the Angels a not-so-subtle reminder of why his American League most valuable player campaign cannot be overlooked because of Shohei Ohtani. In the second game of the latest three-game battle between AL MVP frontrunners, it was Judge whose home run turned the Angels' chance of catching up into a far-fetched…

As Major League Baseball continues its All-Star break, we'll continue updating our looks at the season-long awards by turning our attention to the AL MVP race. Yesterday we looked at AL Cy Young and NL Cy Young races, in the hopes of finding betting values among the top contenders. The AL MVP race is one of the most intriguing awards of the season.…

Any player nominated for a Most Valuable Player Award has obviously had a great season. But describing what this year's MVP candidates accomplished as "great" kind of undersells their seasons. In the American League, home run history was made out east while last year's MVP continued to make his own unique brand of history on the mound and at the…