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While the regular-season MVP awards seem to be all but locked up, there is still the matter of NLCS and ALCS MVP, with the World Series MVP race on the horizon.
Shohei Ohtani is the heavy favorite to win the National League regular-season MVP, and he’s also atop the oddsboard in the NLCS race.
However, while Aaron Judge has the regular-season American League MVP award all but wrapped up, he has some competition from a few teammates in the ALCS MVP tilt.
Check out the odds at DraftKings Sportsbook as of Oct. 15.
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2024 NLCS MVP ODDS:
Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers: +270 (bet $10 to win $37 total) Francisco Lindor, Mets: +400 (bet $10 to win $50 total) Mookie Betts, Dodgers: +600 (bet $10 to win $70 total) Mark Vientos, Mets: +900 (bet $10 to win $100 total)
2024 ALCS MVP ODDS:
Juan Soto, Yankees: +200 (bet $10 to win $30 total) Aaron Judge, Yankees: +400 (bet $10 to win $50 total) Giancarlo Stanton, Yankees: +600 (bet $10 to win $70 total) Jose Ramirez, Guardians: +900 (bet $10 to win $100 total)
The rapid nature of the MLB postseason causes the odds to shift day-to-day, but as of Tuesday afternoon, Ohtani and Soto are the favorites.
Through two games in the NLCS, in seven at-bats, Ohtani has two runs, two hits and an RBI. He’s also been walked three times and struck out twice.
Mets superstar Francisco Lindor, second on the NL oddsboard, has one home run and one RBI through two games.
As for the ALCS, Soto had one home run, two hits and an RBI in Game 1. He’s been walked once and struck out once.
Judge is second on the AL oddsboard, despite not tallying a hit in Game 1 against the Guardians. He led baseball in home runs during the regular season, but has yet to hit a dinger in the playoffs.
Soto, Stanton crush homers, lifting Yankees to Game 1 win over Guardians
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Juan Soto homered during New York’s three-run third inning, Carlos Rodón got his first postseason win and the Yankees took advantage of Cleveland’s wildness in a 5-2 victory on Monday night in Game 1 of the AL Championship Series.
Cleveland became the second team to throw a pair of run-scoring wild pitches in a postseason inning and tied a postseason record with five overall. Guardians pitchers walked six in a nine-batter span and nine overall.
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Giancarlo Stanton added his 13th career postseason homer for the Yankees, who are seeking a record 41st AL pennant. New York batters have walked 36 times in five postseason games.
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Rodón rebounded from the Yankees’ only loss in the Division Series, limiting the Guardians to a pair of singles before Brayan Rocchio’s sixth-inning homer.
Steven Kwan pulled the Guardians within three runs when he extended his postseason hitting streak to a team-record 11 games with an RBI single in the eighth off Clay Holmes.
Luke Weaver entered with runners at the corners. He struck out pinch-hitter Will Brennan and retired José Ramírez on a groundout, and then followed a leadoff walk in the ninth with three straight strikeouts for his fourth save this postseason.
Juan Soto & Giancarlo Stanton both crush homers, lifting the Yankees to a 5-2 win over the Guardians
Game 2 is at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night. Entering this year, teams taking the opener of a series with a 2-3-2 format have won 66 of 99 times.
Before a sellout crowd of 47,264 that included pop star Taylor Swift, Soto hit his first postseason homer for New York when he drove a high slider from Alex Cobb into the Yankees’ bullpen in right-center.
Making his first playoff appearance in 11 years, Cobb walked the bases loaded in the third and rookie reliever Joey Cantillo threw a pair of run-scoring wild pitches.
Cantillo had four wild pitches overall, one shy of the record for a postseason game set by Rick Ankiel of St. Louis in a 2000 NL Division Series opener against Atlanta. The only other time a team scored twice on wild pitches in a postseason inning was by Minnesota against Oakland in the 2002 AL Division Series.
Rodón struck out nine and walked none, getting 25 misses among 53 swings, matching the fourth-most misses in a postseason game since pitch-tracking began in 2008. His pitches broke so much that catcher Austin Wells had to throw to first three times on strikeouts for the putouts.
Cobb dropped in 0-2 in the playoffs, making just his fifth start in a season limited by injuries. He threw 36 of 65 pitches for strikes, getting only one swing and miss, and allowed three runs, five hits and three walks in 2 2/3 innings.
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Yankees: LHP Nestor Cortes (flexor strain in pitching elbow) is to throw a second bullpen session Wednesday and is a possibility for the World Series roster, should the Yankees advance.
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Yankees RHP Gerrit Cole makes his third postseason start on Wednesday after beating Kansas City in the Division Series clincher. He is 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA this postseason. RHP Tanner Bibee starts for the Guardians. He had a 2.08 ERA without a decision in a pair of Division Series starts against Detroit. Bibee has pitched once at Yankee Stadium, his second big league outing in May 2023. He allowed two runs over 5 1/3 innings in a no-decision, giving up Anthony Volpe’s opposite-field homer over the right field short porch.
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Lindor has been on a tear this postseason, and is one of eight players with six or more RBI after Monday. The Mets will need a big peformance from him throughout the series against the Dodgers and we expect he’ll do so. Ohtani is a good choice here too as he’s one of the best power hitters in baseball and already has five RBI himself after Game 2 of the series.
Prediction: Francisco Lindor
2. Which pitcher will have the MOST STRIKEOUTS in the LCS round?
While Manaea has been electric with 17 strikeouts in three games played this postseason, it’s hard to go against the reigning AL Cy Young award winner in Cole. He has eight Ks himself in two games played in the playoffs, and had 99 in 17 regular season starts this year. He is one of eight pitchers to have over 570 strikeouts in regular season play since 2022, and is the only one of those eight whose team is still in the playoffs.
Prediction: Gerrit Cole
3. Which trio of players includes the 2024 NLCS MVP?
The Dodgers entered the season as the betting favorites to win the World Series, and they’ve consistently proven that they are the team to beat throughout the year. Los Angeles had the best record in baseball, finished top four in the league in team batting average (.258), home runs (233) and runs batted in (815)— and have a generational player in Ohtani. He’s likely going to win the regular season MVP, so we like him or either of the other Dodgers players to take home the NLCS award. It’s also worth mentioning that Hernandez hit 33 home runs this season, and already has two in seven playoff games along with a .250 batting average.
Prediction: Ohtani/T. Hernandez/Lux
4. Order by total TEAM RUNS in Game 4 of the ALCS and NLCS (highest to lowest)
New York’s trio of Aaron Juge, Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton is one of most prolific power-hitting trios baseball has seen in quite some time. They combined for 126 home runs and a whopping .285 batting average in the regular season— not to mention they did that with Stanton missing 48 games. It’ll be an uphill battle for the Guardians’ pitching staff to quell this sort of firepower. The Dodgers are a reasonable choice here as well to have the most runs, but the Mets pitching staff has been on a tear this postseason— having thrown 76 strikeouts after Monday.
Prediction: Yankees, Dodgers, Mets, Guardians
5. Which trio will have the most combined HOME RUNS in the LCS round?
We said it above and we’ll say it again. Judge, Soto and Stanton are an incredible trio that smash home runs. While the guardians had the third-best team ERA (3.61) in the regular season, that number jumps to 5.46 when looking at their six matchups against the Yankees. The trio had nine homers in those games with a batting average of .288.
Lindor added to his storybook season with a leadoff homer in the first inning against Ryan Brasier. Viento delivered during New York’s five-run second, connecting for a grand slam against Landon Knack.
Francisco Lindor crushes a leadoff home run, giving Mets an early lead over Dodgers
Sean Manaea opened Game 2 with four shutout innings for New York. He was charged with three runs, two earned, and two hits in five-plus innings. Closer Edwin Diaz earned a four-out save.
Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani was 0 for 3 with two strikeouts and two walks. He remains hitless with the bases empty in his first postseason.
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Game 3 of the best-of-seven series is Wednesday in New York.
The Mets jumped all over the Dodgers after flopping in the series opener.
Lindor fouled off four consecutive pitches from Brasier before sending a 395-foot shot to right for his leadoff homer.
Knack took over for LA in the second and gave up a leadoff single to Starling Marte and then walked Jesse Winker. One out later, Tyrone Taylor doubled to left, scoring Marte.
After Francisco Alvarez popped to shortstop, Lindor was intentionally walked to load the bases. Vientos sent a 391-foot shot to center for the third grand slam in Mets playoff history. That extended the lead to 6-0 and silenced the sellout crowd of 52,926.
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It was the Mets’ second slam of the playoffs. Lindor hit a go-ahead slam in Game 4 of the NL Division Series against Philadelphia. Edgardo Alfonzo had the club’s first playoff slam in 1999.
The Dodgers had the potential tying run at the plate with two outs in the eighth.
Tommy Edman singled and Max Muncy walked before the Mets brought in Diaz. They moved up on a double steal before Kiké Hernández flied out to shallow right field to end the threat.
After Muncy homered leading off the fifth, the Dodgers rallied in the sixth to trail 6-3, reigniting the crowd.
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Manaea issued consecutive walks to Mookie Betts and Teoscar Hernández to open the inning. Freddie Freeman grounded into a high bouncing fielder’s choice to second that Jose Iglesias couldn’t field cleanly. Hernández was safe at second on the error as Manaea exited.
Edman singled to right off Phil Maton with two strikes, scoring Betts and Hernández. Muncy walked to load the bases again and bring up Kiké Hernández.
He grounded into the glove of third baseman Vientos, who initially bobbled the ball before throwing to second, where Muncy slid into the leg of Iglesias. Pete Alonso then kept his foot on the bag as he stretched to haul in Iglesias’ throw.
The Dodgers challenged the double-play call, but it was upheld and the inning ended.
Manaea was the first left-handed starter the Dodgers have faced this postseason. They saw him plenty during his time with San Diego in 2022 and San Francisco last year. But he changed his delivery midway through this season with the Mets, dropping his arm slot and releasing the ball more horizontally.
The Mets took advantage of hard-throwing Dodgers rookie Edgardo Henriquez with an insurance run in the ninth.
The couple was most recently spotted in NYC on October 11 and 12.
It’s a bye week for Kelce’s undefeated Kansas City Chiefs, while Swift has a few more days off before she returns from a two-month break and takes the stage at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on Friday to kick off the final leg of The Eras Tour.
Kelce, a Cleveland native, has shown his support for the Guardians in the past, including throwing the ceremonial first pitch before a 2023 game against the Kansas City Royals — although his attempt did hilariously send pitcher Shane Bieber and the Guardians mascot running for cover.
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Swift also has baseball ties, most notably when she sang the national anthem before Game 3 of the 2008 World Series between her hometown Philadelphia Phillies and the Tampa Bay Rays.
Swift attended Kansas City’s first two games of the season. She was absent from the next two road games before returning to Arrowhead Stadium in Week 5, marking her 16th regular-season Chiefs game. Kelce recorded a season-high nine catches for 70 yards in that 26-13 victory.
