Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge Set to Own 2024 World Series
The ultimate showdown of the MLB season has arrived—baseball's biggest stage is set as the New York Yankees face off against the Los Angeles Dodgers in a thrilling World Series battle starting Friday, October 25.
Despite encountering tougher competition on their journey to the Fall Classic, the Dodgers enter Game 1 as the slight favourite to claim the title (-120 to win the World Series at BET99). Meanwhile, the Yankees, having lost only two games on their path to the big stage, find themselves as narrow underdogs at +100.
Major League Baseball could not have dreamed up a more ideal matchup, with its two biggest franchises — situated in America’s two biggest cities — doing battle for the World Series. Yet, despite the storied ball clubs involved, the individual star power threatens to overshadow the teams involved.
Shohei Ohtani
After a season for the ages, in which he shattered the mystique of the 40/40 club and established the 50/50 club, Shohei Ohtani enters as the World Series MVP favourite at +200.
The phenom came up big in a pivotal moment in the NLCS, dominating Games 3 and 4 in New York to help the Dodgers take a commanding 3-1 series lead after the New York Mets had stolen Game 2 in Hollywood.
Aaron Judge
Similarly, Aaron Judge saved his best moments at the plate this October for some of the biggest moments, homering in back-to-back games to drive in five runs as the Yanks breezed through the Cleveland Guardians.
Though the power-hitting outfielder has gotten plenty of help from Juan Soto (+500 to win MVP) and Giancarlo Stanton (+800 to win MVP) this October, it is Judge who oddsmakers view as the Bronx Bombers’ talisman, second to just Ohtani in World Series MVP odds at +400.
It’s only a matter of time until Judge and Ohtani are awarded their respective regular season MVP honours. After a postseason that has seen the superstar pair continue to power their teams, it appears inevitable one of the two will be clearing out a little extra space on the mantle — for World Series MVP.
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*Odds as of October 22, 2024