White Sox well represented in preseason American League MVP, Cy Young odds

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

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🗓️ 16 February 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

If José Abreu wants to repeat as American League MVP in 2021, he's got plenty of competition on his own team. Chuck Garfien, Vinnie Duber, and Ryan McGuffey go over the preseason MVP odds put out by PointsBet Sportsbook, which include several White Sox stars. Is there a lack of respect for Abreu? Should Eloy Jiménez and Tim Anderson have even better odds? Then there are the preseason Cy Young odds. One White Sox pitcher has some of the best odds out there, and a surprising name shows up on the list, too.(2:30) - White Sox place six players on preseason MVP odds list(6:35) - Three White Sox players have 25-to-1 odds to win MVP(12:30) - Will Luis Robert take a Mike Trout style type leap in his second year in the majors?(15:00) - Yasmani Grandal has 30-to-1 odds to win the AL MVP(19:00) - Eloy Jiménez and Tim Anderson are 40-to-1 to win MVP: too high?(26:07) - Who has the best odds to win the Cy Young?(31:10) - Dylan Cease surprisingly places on the Cy Young odds list

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, it's Chuck Garfine.
0:09.4	Welcome to the White Sox Talk Podcast.
0:13.1	Coming to you, as always, by our friends at WinTrust.
0:17.9	Okay, the White Sox made a whole lot of noise last year. Not just making the playoffs,
0:22.3	but getting recognized as one of the most talented teams in the league, led by Jose Ibrahim,
0:28.1	winning the ALMVP. And with spring training about to begin, I checked out the preseason odds
0:36.1	for the MVP race for 2021, and I was pretty jacked about what I saw.
0:42.9	A whole bunch of White Sox players are on the list getting odds for MVP.
0:48.7	Pretty sure it's the most ever for the White Sox.
0:53.0	So coming up on the podcast, we're going to talk about who's on the
0:56.0	list, their odds to win the MVP, and what it says about not only the White Sox, but what people
1:02.7	outside of Chicago think of the White Sox. We're also going to look at the odds for the Cy Young Award.
1:10.2	Yes, some socks pitcher's in there, too, including one I was not expecting.
1:16.3	You know, when the White Sox were in the rebuild, this was the kind of podcast I was dreaming about.
1:22.2	MVP odds for a whole bunch of White Sox players.
1:26.5	When is opening day? It's coming your way of White Sox players. When is opening day?
1:28.9	It's coming your way.
1:30.6	White Sox, White Sox, go, go, White Sox.
1:34.3	The ball hit deep way back.
1:36.6	Deep to the Red.
1:38.4	Holy cow.
1:40.1	Charlton Fess has put the White Sox ahead.
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