00:00Oh, Tani, the favorite, though, in the NL marketplace to win MVP.
00:04Minus 350, Corbin Cowell, Ron Acuna Jr., Juan Soto, Ellie De La Cruz.
00:08So let me just start off by saying, I always think, oh, Tani,
00:11as long as he's an average pitcher and average hitter,
00:13he's the best player in Major League Baseball and should be the MVP.
00:15But we know voters don't look at it that way,
00:18which means he better perform up good.
00:20He better have performance stats on the pitching mound
00:22comparable to what he does at the plate here.
00:25But a minus 350, it's always, oh, Tani, Craig, it is.
00:30Yeah, and it's very similar to the American League,
00:33except for I feel better about Jose Ramirez, who's boring for people,
00:37finishing in the top three or top two or top five.
00:41So this would be more of a dart throw on an investment.
00:44And since we've discussed the Reds a lot,
00:47I think there's a chance Ellie De La Cruz could cruise,
00:51no pun intended, to near the top.
00:53I don't see him beating Ohtani, but at 30 to one,
00:57could you see a scenario, Donnie, where he is the, like,
01:02de facto runner-up, like the, you know,
01:04Shane Gildress Alexander is going to win the MVP,
01:06but, like, trying to figure out who the next guy is going to be?
01:08I think De La Cruz could finish second in the MVP voting or even third.
01:13So to me, that would be the one that I think is too low here at 30 to one.
01:16I would invest there.
01:18And if you want to take, by the way, the field against Ohtani,
01:21which is essentially the no contract on Polymarket, Craig,
01:23it's a 55-cent number here on Ohtani,
01:25which I don't think is that bad, $100 investment gets you back $154
01:29for everybody else.
01:30And basically what you're hoping for is what nobody wants to see,
01:33the best player in Major League Baseball missing a month or so here,
01:36wiping himself out there with the statistics,
01:38and maybe somebody can come from behind there and take that over.
01:41Bryce Harper trading at 8% right now.
01:44Powerstroke looks to come back.
01:45Maybe if the Philadelphia Phillies can get right, he's that catalyst.
01:48And again, we're not asking for him to actually win the MVP,
01:51but just pull up a little bit closer.
01:52A $100 investment on Bryce Harper pays back $261 here.
01:57But I agree with you.
01:57I like the stuff that's like, okay, can a guy hit 30 home runs?
02:00Can he steal 50-plus bases?
02:02Can he have a good glove in the field?
02:03Eli De La Cruz is always that guy that you want to take a look at
02:06because he can do the things nobody else can,
02:08similar to what Ronald Acuna can do.
02:09Whoa, 50 bombs, 50 stolen bases.
02:11Could it be a possibility?
02:13Maybe so at this point here.
02:15NL Rookie of the Year markets here, Craig,
02:17as we take a look on Calci, Sal Stewart out there, 45% chance.
02:23He has been nothing sort of phenomenal, Craig,
02:25at the plate in the month of April.
02:27Yeah, and hard to pick, really, anybody even against him.
02:30And this is a much harder market, of course, Rookie of the Year
02:34because I just think, generally speaking,
02:36as things sort of play out,
02:37I think Stewart's got an opportunity not just to win this
02:41but to take his team deep into the postseason.
02:43So I don't really have a strong opinion, Donnie, on this one.
02:47Yeah, take it behind him.
02:48Nolan McClain, obviously a very good young pitcher there
02:50for the New York Mets.
02:50Conor Griffin, which got his first home run in Major League Baseball,
02:53got the silent treatment there.
02:55Ballesteros there having a very good start
02:56with a high batting average there.
02:57But also, Craig, in the marketplaces,
03:00we had some fun earlier on.
03:02Like J.J. Weatherholt was like 55% to win
03:04the National League Rook of the Year
03:05after like three days in the season.
03:07Well, now he's down to about 6% at this point right now.
03:10If I gave you, Craig, one flip of the coin here,
03:13on who would win it outside of Sal Stewart,
03:16where's that flip going to go for you?
03:17Pitcher, hitter, J.R. Ritchie?
03:22I really don't like anybody else in this race.
03:24I mean, J.J. Weatherholt, maybe, Donnie?
03:27Like hitter?
03:28Let me scroll.
03:29I'm trying to scroll down to find a Marlin on this list here.
03:31Oh, Joe Mack.
03:33How about that name for you?
03:34Joe Mack.
03:35Joe Mack's not even up in the big leagues yet.
03:37Yeah, no, I think Weatherholt would be the one for me.
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