Starters have stretched out their arms and ready for the long season ahead; Opening Day is finally on the horizon.
That means time is running out to get your future bets in, as all 30 MLB teams are officially kicking off their 2024 season this weekend.
Let’s take a look at where the Cy Young Award race odds stand before the rest of the league kicks into high gear.
AL Cy Young odds
| Player | Odds |
|---|---|
| Kevin Gausman | +800 |
| Corbin Burnes | +800 |
| Luis Castillo | +900 |
| Framber Valdez | +1000 |
| Tarik Skubal | +1000 |
| Pablo Lopez | 11/1 |
| George Kirby | 12/1 |
| Cole Ragans | 14/1 |
| Logan Gilbert | 20/1 |
| Grayson Rodriguez | 20/1 |
The AL Cy Young race is a bit of a crapshoot after an elbow injury removed Gerrit Cole from the picture for at least the first couple of months of the season.
Kevin Gausman and Corbin Burnes lead the pack at +800 (BetMGM Sportsbook), but they don’t have much of an edge on their competition.
Luis Castillo, Framber Valdez, Tarik Skubal, Pablo Lopez and George Kirby are all close behind, sitting between +900 and +1200.
Cole, who won last season’s AL Cy Young award, had been as high as +500 to repeat at bet365 in early March.
NL Cy Young odds
| Player | Odds |
|---|---|
| Spencer Strider | +425 |
| Zack Wheeler | +900 |
| Logan Webb | +1000 |
| Yoshinobu Yamamoto | 12/1 |
| Max Fried | 14/1 |
| Zac Gallen | 14/1 |
| Tyler Glasnow | 15/1 |
| Blake Snell | 18/1 |
| Justin Steele | 18/1 |
| Freddy Peralta | 20/1 |
It’s a much different story in the Senior Circuit.
Atlanta Braves ace Spencer Strider is lapping the field in the NL Cy Young race.
Strider’s +425 odds at BetMGM are more than twice as good as the next-best hurler, Zack Wheeler, who is sitting at +900.
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Logan Webb (+1000), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (+1200), and Max Fried (+1400) round out the top five on the odds board.
Last year’s NL Cy Young winner Blake Snell, who signed with the San Francisco Giants in mid-March, is tied with Chicago Cubs starter Justin Steele with the eighth-best odds in the league.
