Normally this time of the year yields the Burlington F
ree Press' annual NASBL predictions. Economy driven layoffs have forced a different approach. The Free Press contracted with a freelance writer to report the odds on the big board from the Bellagio's Sports Book.Team Wins (Over/Under)
LCC 97
SPR 92
HHA 86
ILL 64
LVI 105
OJW 86
NJT 79
GRK 64
TRY 90
SPL 84
FRE 74
DRF 69
GCG 92
VFS 87
PCM 72
SBU 55
Odds to Make Playoffs
LCC 5/4
SPR 7/2
HHA 7/1
ILL 50/1
LVI 1/5
OJW 11/1
NJT 35/1
GRK 75/1
TRY 4/3
SPL 2/1
FRE 17/1
DFW 25/1
GCG 1/1
VFS 3/2
PCM 18/1
SBU 60/1
Odds to Win NASBL World Series
LVI 3/1
LCC 5/1
GCG 6/1
SPR 8/1
TRY 10/1
VFS 12/1
SPL 13/1
HHA 15/1
OJW 25/1
Field 50/1
Odds to Win Taste Great MVP
Albert Pujols 3/1
Carlos Gonzalez 4/1
Troy Tulowitaki 5/1
Jason Werth 8/1
Shin-Soo Choo 15/1
Adam Dunn, Paul Kornerko, Joey Votto 22/1
Field 35/1
Odds to Win Taste Great Cy Young
Jon Lester 2/1
Jered Weaver 4/1
Josh Johnson, Clayton Kershaw 5/1
Neftali Feliz 9/1
Joakim Soria, CC Sabathia, Mariano Rivera, Ted Lilly 25/1
Field 35/1
Odds to Win Less Filling MVP
Jose Bautista 4/5
Mark Teixeira 3/1
Carl Crawford 6/1
Matt Holliday 10/1
Shane Victorino 12/1
Miguel Cabrera, Torii Hunter, David Wright, Brandon Phillips 22/1
Field 35/1
Odds to Win Less Filling Cy Young
Felix Hernandez 4/1
Brian Wilson 5/1
Brett Myers 6/1
Ubaldo Jiminez 7/1
Chris Carpenter 10/1
Heath Bell, David Price, Carlos Marmol, John Axford, Zack Greinke 16/1
Field 35/1
7 comments:
Man, the Haymakers get an over/under of 90 wins, a 4/3 chance of winning the division, but end up in the field with a 50/1 shot of winning the World Series? I'll take that bet....where's my bookie??? :)
Ken,
Oops, oversight. I fixed the odds, though hopefully you got your money down at the 50/1 odds.
Thanks for pointing out.
Halladay (as part of the field) at 35-1 to win the Cy Young - I'll take that bet.
It's cool...it was a lot of fun to read. I have to work on my article writing skills because I'd love to be able to put stuff like this and the prior article together. All mine end up sounding exactly the same!
Brad - I agree re: Halladay. Seems like a good bet at those odds. For whatever reason HAL was giving Doc no love. I'd love to see the formulas SOM uses for its award voting.
I have him as my ace in another league, and he does fairly well, but unfortunately (for both of us) he does not perform to the crazy good level that he does in real life in my replays. Lots of nice innings, but not spectacular performance. Of course, the dice gods are probably listening and will now grant him 3 no hitters and a 22-6 record for both of us!
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