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Time of India
5 hours ago
- Sport
- Time of India
Shohani Ohtani and Aaron Judge lead 2025 MLB All-Star Game MVP betting odds with National League favored
DraftKings Sportsbook released betting odds Tuesday, July 15, showing Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani and New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge as co-favorites for 2025 MLB All-Star Game MVP honors. The National League, led by Ohtani, holds -132 odds to defeat the American League (+108) in Tuesday night's contest at Truist Park in Atlanta. Also read: MLB All-Star Game Live Streaming: When and where to watch AL vs NL game, preview, start time, and more 2025 MLB All-Star Game MVP betting favorites Ohtani leads the MVP odds at +500, followed closely by Judge at +600. Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong ranks third at +900, while Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. sits fourth at +1000. The complete DraftKings MVP odds include: Shohei Ohtani +500 Aaron Judge +600 Pete Crow-Armstrong +900 Ronald Acuña Jr. +1000 Cal Raleigh +1100 Bobby Witt Jr. +2000 Fernando Tatis Jr. +2000 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. +2500 Tarik Skubal +2500 Kyle Tucker +2500 James Wood +2500 Francisco Lindor +2500 Elly De La Cruz +2500 Riley Greene +3000 Manny Machado +3000 Ketel Marte +3000 Jazz Chisholm Jr. +3000 Freddie Freeman +3000 All-Star Game MVP odds reflect current season performance Judge enters the All-Star Game leading MLB with a .355 batting average and 125 total hits. Ohtani leads the majors with 91 runs while posting the most home runs (32) and highest slugging percentage (.605) in the National League. Also read: MLB All-Star Game: Shohei Ohtani leads off for NL, Gleyber Torres for AL Live Events Crow-Armstrong earned third-place MVP odds after becoming the fourth-fastest player to reach 25 home runs and 25 stolen bases in a season. Acuña ranks fourth in betting odds after batting .323 through 45 games in his return from a torn ACL. Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh holds the sixth-best MVP odds after hitting an MLB-high 38 home runs before winning the 2025 Home Run Derby. Pitchers face long odds for All-Star Game MVP award Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal, who will start for the American League, holds the best MVP odds among pitchers at +2500. Skubal threw a scoreless inning in last summer's All-Star Game. National League starter Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates is listed at +4500 for MVP honors. No pitcher has won the All-Star Game MVP award since Cleveland's Shane Bieber in 2019. 2025 All-Star Game matchup details The 2025 MLB All-Star Game begins at 8 p.m. ET at the Atlanta Braves' Truist Park. Skubal will face leadoff National League batters Ohtani, Acuña and Ketel Marte to open the game. Skenes will start for the National League against American League leadoff hitters Gleyber Torres, Riley Greene and Judge. Also read: MLB Draft Tracker 2025: Full list of first-round picks Vladimir Guerrero Jr. remains the only player among the top MVP betting favorites who has previously won the award, taking home AL honors in 2021. Reigning All-Star Game MVP Jarren Duran was not selected for the 2025 event after hitting a go-ahead home run to seal American League victory last summer.
Fox Sports
8 hours ago
- Sport
- Fox Sports
What Are The Top 10 Pitching Matchups In MLB All-Star Game History?
The MLB All-Star Game has always been one of the tentpole sporting events of the summer, allowing fans to see the top stars of the generation compete on the same diamond for a few hours on one July night. As many legends take the field for the Midsummer Classic, that's naturally created some epic pitching matchups over the years, too. It's pretty common to see Cy Young award winners and future Hall of Famers start the All-Star Game, allowing them to go up against a few of the top hitters of their era for an inning or two. Tarik Skubal (AL) and Paul Skenes (NL) will get the honor of starting the 2025 MLB All-Star Game, with each pitcher making a strong case to win their respective league's Cy Young award. As Skubal and Skenes join a legendary list of pitchers to have started the All-Star Game, let's take a look at the 10 best pitching matchups in the history of the Midsummer Classic. 10 best pitching matchups in MLB All-Star Game history 10. 1961: Whitey Ford vs Warren Spahn The eventual American League Cy Young winner and a previous National League Cy Young winner went head-to-head in the 1961 All-Star Game. Ford, who was the New York Yankees' ace through their championship years in the late 1950s through the early 1960s, led all of baseball in wins (25) and innings pitched (283) that year to go with a 3.21 ERA. Spahn, the 1957 NL Cy Young winner, led the NL in ERA (3.02) and complete games (21) that season. 9. 2021: Shohei Ohtani vs Max Scherzer Ohtani's first All-Star Game was a special one. He got to be the American League's starting pitcher and leadoff hitter, continuing as the team's designated hitter after he was done on the mound. Ohtani posted an impressive 3.18 ERA that season, while the three-time Cy Young-winning Scherzer had an MLB-leading 0.864 WHIP in 2021. He went on to finish third in the NL Cy Young vote. 8. 2009: Roy Halladay vs Tim Lincecum Halladay was one of baseball's best pitchers in the 2000s, while Lincecum was at the peak of his career when the two went head-to-head at the 2009 All-Star Game. Halladay finished top-five in AL Cy Young voting for a fourth straight year in 2009, posting an impressive 2.79 ERA as he also led MLB in complete games. Lincecum won his second straight NL Cy Young that season, leading all of baseball in strikeouts for a third straight year. 7. 1972: Jim Palmer vs Bob Gibson Palmer was just beginning the peak of his career and Gibson was at the end of his when the two pitchers dueled at the 1972 All-Star Game. Palmer, an ace for the Baltimore Orioles, would win his first of three AL Cy Youngs a year later, while the 1972 All-Star Game marked Gibson's final Midsummer Classic. 6. 2017-18: Chris Sale vs Max Scherzer The MLB All-Star Game is drenched with history. The 2018 All-Star Game was a sign of that, with Sale and Scherzer becoming the first pitchers to be named starters in consecutive All-Star Games since the 1939-40 seasons. Sale was in the midst of a streak where he finished top-five in Cy Young voting in six straight years, while Scherzer won his third Cy Young in the previous season. 5. 1999: Pedro Martinez vs Curt Schilling Before they were teammates with the Boston Red Sox in 2004, Martinez and Schilling dueled in the '99 All-Star Game at Fenway Park. Martinez, who was in the midst of arguably the greatest peak for a pitcher in MLB history, had a memorable night. He struck out the first four hitters he faced and five of the six hitters he went up against, with Barry Larkin, Larry Walker, Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire and Jeff Bagwell being among those who went down by way of the K. Martinez won All-Star Game MVP as a result, while Schilling earned one of his six career All-Star nods that year. 4. 1970: Jim Palmer vs Tom Seaver As we mentioned earlier, Palmer was at the start of his peak for his Hall of Fame career in the early 1970s. Seaver was, too. The New York Mets ace, who was in his fourth season, had already won his first of three NL Cy Young awards the year prior. Palmer pitched a whopping 305 innings in 1970 to go with his 2.71 ERA, and Seaver had an NL-leading 2.82 ERA. 3. 1979: Nolan Ryan vs Steve Carlton The 1979 All-Star Game pitted two of the best pitchers of the 1970s and '80s against each other. Of course, Ryan was arguably one of the best pitchers in MLB history as no one has recorded more strikeouts or pitched more no-hitters than him. Carlton, meanwhile, was a four-time NL Cy Young winner, winning three of those awards in a six-year span between 1977-82. 2. 2001: Roger Clemens vs Randy Johnson Just over three months before their respective teams would face off in the World Series, Clemens and Johnson were the starting pitchers for the 2001 All-Star Game. Clemens won one of his seven Cy Young awards that year, going 20-3 with a 3.51 ERA. Johnson, meanwhile, won NL Cy Young that year, marking his third win in a row as he was named a Cy Young in four straight seasons. Pitching in his former home city, Johnson wasn't able to help the National League win the All-Star Game. However, he helped the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Yankees in the World Series that year, winning MVP honors as he posted a 1.04 ERA in the series. 1. 1997: Randy Johnson vs Greg Maddux As we touched on in the previous blurb, Johnson was in the midst of his prime in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Maddux, meanwhile, was just coming off a historic stretch entering the 1997 All-Star Game. He won four straight NL Cy Young awards from 1992-95 and led the majors in ERA four times between 1993-98. Both pitchers helped set the tone for a relatively quiet All-Star Game as well, with the American League winning 3-1. HONORABLE MENTION 1962: Jim Bunning vs Don Drysdale 1977: Jim Palmer vs Don Sutton 1986: Roger Clemens vs Dwight Gooden 1991: Jack Morris vs Tom Glavine 2012: Justin Verlander vs Matt Cain Check out all of our Daily Rankers . Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? 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Time of India
19 hours ago
- Sport
- Time of India
MLB All-Star Game: Shohei Ohtani leads off for NL, Gleyber Torres for AL
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel The lineups for Tuesday night's MLB All-Star Game in Atlanta have been officially announced, with two familiar stars setting the tone at the top. Shohei Ohtani will lead off for the National League , while Gleyber Torres takes the leadoff spot for the American League NL manager Dave Roberts - also Ohtani's skipper with the Los Angeles Dodgers - sticks to his regular-season formula by placing Ohtani, the NL's top vote-getter, in the leadoff spot as designated hitter. He'll be followed by Braves hometown hero Ronald Acuna Jr. in left field, and Arizona's Ketel Marte at second veteran Freddie Freeman bats cleanup, trailed by Manny Machado (Padres, 3B), Will Smith (Dodgers, C), Kyle Tucker (Cubs, RF), Francisco Lindor (Mets, SS), and Pete Crow-Armstrong (Cubs, CF). Pittsburgh Pirates phenom Paul Skenes will start on the mound for the National League for the second straight the American League side, Yankees manager Aaron Boone has moved Torres up from his usual No. 2 slot to lead off. Tigers outfielder Riley Greene follows him in the two-hole, with Yankees slugger Aaron Judge - the top overall vote-getter - batting third. Seattle's Cal Raleigh, the current MLB home run leader, hits cleanup, followed by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (Blue Jays, 1B), Ryan O'Hearn (Orioles, DH), Junior Caminero (Rays, 3B), Javier Baez (Tigers, CF), and rookie Jacob Wilson (Athletics, SS). Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal will take the ball as the AL American League has dominated recent All-Star history, winning 10 of the last 11 matchups. The National League's only victory in that stretch came in 2023 in rising stars, hometown favorites, and the debut of robot umpires in play, the 2025 Midsummer Classic promises to deliver both tradition and innovation.
Kyodo News
21 hours ago
- Sport
- Kyodo News
Baseball: Ohtani to lead off for National League in All-Star Game
ATLANTA - Shohei Ohtani will lead off for the National League in Tuesday's Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Truist Park in Atlanta, with the three-time MVP aiming to homer for the second straight year. Ohtani launched a three-run bomb in the NL's 5-3 loss at Globe Life Field last year, becoming the only player with both a home run and a win on the mound, from 2021, on his All-Star Game resume. The Los Angeles Dodgers' two-way superstar will focus solely on batting as the NL's DH in his fifth straight Midsummer Classic, as he has been gradually building up his pitching workload after elbow surgery in September 2023. "I hope I can show a good swing at the plate," Ohtani told reporters following Monday's lineup announcement. The current NL home run leader will make his first plate appearance against Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal, the American League's starting pitcher. Ohtani, who topped the NL fan vote, is one of three Japanese All-Star selections, with Dodgers teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Los Angeles Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi named as pitchers for the NL and AL, respectively. Neither Yamamoto nor Kikuchi will play in the game, however, out of consideration for their pitching schedules. Ohtani, now a month into his return to the mound, expressed his excitement at fully resuming two-way duties as a member of the Dodgers' rotation. "Because a pitcher spends more time on the mound than a batter does at the plate, it involves more consequential situations in a game," Ohtani said. "If anything, I have more excitement when I'm on the mound." The 31-year-old had been projected to resume pitching after the All-Star break, but he started throwing in live-game situations ahead of schedule in mid-June, gradually ramping up from single-inning outings to a stellar three-inning start at San Francisco on Saturday. "At first, I thought I would be able to come back in the second half of the season, but because it was a good move for the team and my own rehab, I decided to return a little earlier and pitch shorter innings," Ohtani said. "If I can increase my volume a little in the second half of the season, I think I can do a decent job." Having become a father in April, Ohtani said spending time with his baby daughter was his priority away from baseball. "I usually give her a bath in the morning, and I take care of her after I return home," he said. "I'm happy just to come home and see her face. That alone takes away the fatigue of the day."
The Mainichi
a day ago
- Sport
- The Mainichi
Baseball: Ohtani to lead off for National League in All-Star Game
ATLANTA (Kyodo) -- Shohei Ohtani will lead off for the National League in Tuesday's Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Truist Park in Atlanta, with the three-time MVP aiming to homer for the second straight year. Ohtani launched a three-run bomb in the NL's 5-3 loss at Globe Life Field last year, becoming the only player with both a home run and a win on the mound, from 2021, on his All-Star Game resume. The Los Angeles Dodgers' two-way superstar will focus solely on batting as the NL's DH in his fifth straight Midsummer Classic, as he has been gradually building up his pitching workload after elbow surgery in September 2023. "I hope I can show a good swing at the plate," Ohtani told reporters following Monday's lineup announcement. The current NL home run leader will make his first plate appearance against Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal, the American League's starting pitcher. Ohtani, who topped the NL fan vote, is one of three Japanese All-Star selections, with Dodgers teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Los Angeles Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi named as pitchers for the NL and AL, respectively. Neither Yamamoto nor Kikuchi will play in the game, however, out of consideration for their pitching schedules. Ohtani, now a month into his return to the mound, expressed his excitement at fully resuming two-way duties as a member of the Dodgers' rotation. "Because a pitcher spends more time on the mound than a batter does at the plate, it involves more consequential situations in a game," Ohtani said. "If anything, I have more excitement when I'm on the mound." The 31-year-old had been projected to resume pitching after the All-Star break, but he started throwing in live-game situations ahead of schedule in mid-June, gradually ramping up from single-inning outings to a stellar three-inning start at San Francisco on Saturday. "At first, I thought I would be able to come back in the second half of the season, but because it was a good move for the team and my own rehab, I decided to return a little earlier and pitch shorter innings," Ohtani said. "If I can increase my volume a little in the second half of the season, I think I can do a decent job." Having become a father in April, Ohtani said spending time with his baby daughter was his priority away from baseball. "I usually give her a bath in the morning, and I take care of her after I return home," he said. "I'm happy just to come home and see her face. That alone takes away the fatigue of the day."
