Best MLB Futures Bets To Lock In NOW (Ep. 1244)

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🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Continue to add to your portfolio after the injury to Detroit Tigers SP Tarik Skubal has shaken up baseball by joining Joe Pisapia, Chris Welsh and Scott Bogman for their best MLB futures bets to lock in now!

Should New York Yankees SP Cam Schlittler (+230) now be the new favorite to win the AL Cy Young? Can anyone catch Detroit Tigers 3B/SS Kevin McGonigle (+175) for AL Rookie of the Year? Plus, why do the St. Louis Cardinals (+1100) have an outside chance to win the NL Central?

The Pros point bettors in the right direction for their next season-long plays!

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Intro - 0:00:00
MVP Picks - 0:00:54
Aaron Judge (+163) - 0:01:06
Jose Ramirez (+2000) - 0:01:21
Bobby Witt Jr. (+900) - 0:04:02
CY Young Picks - 0:07:52
Cam Schlittler (+230) - 0:08:10
Shohei Ohtani (+750) - 0:09:09
Chris Sale (+500) - 0:12:35
Hard Rock Bet - 0:14:31
Rookie of the Year Picks - 0:16:03
Kevin McGonigle (+175) & Sal Stewart (+200) - 0:16:05
JJ Wetherholt (+500) - 0:17:29
Kevin McGonigle (+175) cont. & Chase DeLauter (+800) - 0:18:25
BettingPros MLB Prop Bet Cheat Sheet - 0:20:28
Favorite Futures Picks - 0:20:53
Cleveland Guardians To Win the AL Central (+301) - 0:20:56
St. Louis Cardinals To Win the NL Central (+1100) - 0:21:39
Kansas City Royals To Win the AL Central (+380) - 0:23:46
Outro - 0:25:54

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0:37.1	As me, Joey P. Joe Pee Zipia. and we're going to take a look today at the landscape of Major League Baseball. We are now more than a month into the season, and we've had some big movement here in some of the futures market. And we're going to talk about all that here, especially it's very timely because Turing School Bowl is now going to miss significant time. in all of a sudden, Sa Young in the American League is a wide open race. We're going to give our takes on it and, of course, a whole lot more. And by ours, I mean, two of my best friends right here on the planet, Scott Bogman and the Welsh. We're here to give us some takes here on MVP, Sa Young, Rookie of the Year, and also some favorite futures bets that we have. So if you haven't already, subscribe to the betting pros channels here, our podcast and, of course, the YouTube as well, and Fantasy Pros MLB, too. For all things baseball, if you love baseball, we've got daily shows and content all over the place there for MLB. And look, it's kind of boring, right? But, you know, we all know that the MVP race begins and ends in the National League with Joey Otani, as we said, on our preview shows going into the years. So we're probably not even going to talk too much about that. Instead, we're going to focus on the American League. And I'm still hard pressed not to go with Aaron Judge, and you could still get him for plus money at plus 163. It's the best number I can find on betting pros for him, so I'm going to be boring, and I've already done this with a decent investment. Aaron Judge is on a fantastic pace again this year. But Scott Bogman, I want to ask you a question here. When you're looking at the landscape of the American League for MVP, who stands out as a possible guy for you?
2:01.3	Because I already took my long shot earlier in the year, which was Jose Ramirez.
2:05.2	I still think now Cleveland can make a move, especially with that scoble injury.
2:09.8	But I just don't think he can beat the unfortunate, this giant media landscape that is the Yankees and Aaron Judge.
2:17.0	But if someone can, who might be able to?
2:19.4	Yeah, Jose Ramirez, plus 2000 right now.
2:21.6	I think this is just going to be the lowest that he can be bought this year for an MVP ticket
2:26.4	because he's hitting 217.
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