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Time of India
3 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.
Time of India
3 hours ago
- Sport
- Time of India
MLB All-Star Game 2025: Predictions odds, expert picks and full AL vs NL preview
MLB All-Star Game 2025: Predictions odds, expert picks and full AL vs NL preview (Image Via X) The MLB All-Star Game of 2025 approaches, and supporters are poised. On Tuesday, July 16, at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, the American League and National League will convene in what looks to be a tight struggle. With Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, Paul Skenes, and Cal Raleigh all participating, this competition has the components of a classic. Shohei Ohtani and Ronald Acuna Jr. lead National League charge in All-Star Game 2025 Beginning for the National League will be Paul Skenes, a brilliant young pitcher from the Pittsburgh Pirates. Skenes has an astounding 2. 01 ERA even with a 4-8 record. Opening for the NL will be Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani has been explosive in 2025, hitting. 276 with 32 home runs and 60 RBI in 95 games. Twelve stolen bases have also been added by him, which makes him among the most rounded baseball players. Ronald Acuna Jr. , the Atlanta Braves outfielder set to play in front of his home crowd, is another prominent name for the NL. With 12 home runs and 22 RBIs in only 45 games this season, Acuna is batting .323. His recent performances, including a two-home-run game against Oakland, make him someone to watch closely. The National League is a slight favorite to win, with DraftKings Sportsbook listing them at -132, while the American League is at +108. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 4BHK+Family Lounge+Utility room at 4.49Cr (All Incl)* ATS Triumph, Gurgaon Book Now Undo The over/under for the game is 7 runs. Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh power the American League lineup in All Star Game 2025 The American League counters with strong hitters like Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees and Cal Raleigh of the Seattle Mariners. Judge is leading the entire league in batting average at .355, with 35 home runs and 81 RBI in 96 games. His recent outings include multiple-hit games against the Cubs and Mariners. Also Read: MLB All-Star Game 2025: Where To Watch, Streaming Platforms, Match Timing And Lineups Cal Raleigh has also been on fire, especially after winning the 2025 Home Run Derby. He's hit 38 home runs this season and has 82 RBI while batting .259. Raleigh's powerful swing adds a serious threat in the middle of the AL lineup. The AL has won 10 of the last 11 All-Star Games and leads the all-time series 48-44-2. But with both sides stacked with star power, fans can expect a close and exciting showdown tonight. Catch Rani Rampal's inspiring story on Game On, Episode 4. Watch Here!
The Diplomat
6 hours ago
- Politics
- The Diplomat
Awami League Leader Kamal Hossain Looks Back on Bangladesh in the Year Gone By
'We have lost power to a conspiracy, but AL leaders and workers are united. We will take the fight to the streets.' It's been almost a year since Bangladesh's Awami League government was ousted from power, and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina flew out of Dhaka to take refuge in India. An interim government was appointed days later. There were great expectations when Muhammad Yunus took charge as its chief advisor. However, the rise of Muslim fundamentalist forces, deteriorating law and order, and widespread mob violence have roiled Bangladesh over the past year. Yunus has promised elections in February 2026, but the Awami League (AL), whose political activities were recently banned, seems unlikely to be allowed to contest the elections. In an interview with The Diplomat's Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, SM Kamal Hossain, a central organizing secretary of the AL and a member of the parliament that was dissolved after the AL government's ouster on August 5, 2024, shares his view of the events leading to the government's collapse and developments in Bangladesh over the past year. Speaking from an undisclosed location, he told Bhattacharya that a U.S. 'conspiracy' led to the toppling of the Hasina government – a claim commonly made by Awami League leaders, but strongly rejected by protest leaders and U.S. officials. Instead, student leaders say their protest movement only escalated to the point of demanding Hasina's ouster due to public outrage over the heavy-handed security response by her AL government. Hossain admitted that there were instances of 'terror, intimidation, corruption and other malpractices' during AL rule. However, 'our government's rule has been comparatively better than the rest,' he claimed, adding, 'There is no rule of law now.' How do you look back at the past year? The July 2024 protests were nothing but a conspiracy between fascists and terrorists. With the help of a foreign power, they trampled the constitution and unconstitutionally and illegally overthrew the secular government that embodied the spirit of the 1971 Liberation War. In May 2024, Hasina had said that she has been fighting at home and outside; at home, the communal forces — terror groups and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) combine, and abroad, a foreign power that was never happy with the very creation of Bangladesh, never liked the rise of Bangladesh, and wanted to use Bangladesh's soil for influencing the sub-continent. They hatched a conspiracy. Bangladesh has been turned into a terror hub since then. Are you calling it a U.S.-hatched conspiracy? Yes. The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) report on the July violence said the AL government's 'brutal systematic repression' led to about 1,400 deaths. What do you think of so many deaths in just three weeks? Two of Bangladesh's leading media houses, The Daily Star and Prothom Alo, put the death toll between July 16 and August 4 at 329 and between August 5 and 8 at 328. A total of 657 deaths were reported. The U.N.'s preliminary report gave a similar figure, speaking of about 650 deaths. However, after Chief Advisor Yunus spoke of 1,500 deaths, the UNHRC, too, came up with this figure of 1,400. Does the figure of 657 make the tragedy any lighter? No. Every death is a death after all. Hasina never wanted a mother to lose her child. Who is responsible for these deaths? Hasina has called for an independent probe by the United Nations. The Yunus government's first home affairs advisor, Brigadier (Retd.) Shakhawat Hussain, had pointed out that 7.62 mm rifles (a firearm only security forces are supposed to use) were in the hands of civilians. So, the deaths need to be seriously investigated. Besides, of the 328 killings between August 5 and 8, as many as 122 victims were directly associated with our party. We want justice for all the killings. Regarding the killings between July 16 and August 4, couldn't the Hasina government and the AL have been more restrained and dealt with the situation more sensitively? We showed tolerance and patience. It was only to avoid a confrontation that our party postponed a rally that had been planned on August 1. We had also called for a massive gathering in Dhaka on August 3. We planned to mobilize a million people at the rally. But we shelved the plan, only to avoid confrontation. Had we gone ahead with the Dhaka gathering, we could have avoided the mob-led toppling of the government. They wouldn't have succeeded in removing us from power. Do you think your government fell because of a softened approach? Had we stood firm organizationally, had we gone ahead with the August 3 rally, they (protesters) would not have reached anywhere close to the prime minister's residence. So, why did you back out of the August 3 program? Hasina had likely received inputs from some quarters that the rally could lead to bloodshed. She wanted to avoid bloodshed. We wanted a peaceful solution. One of the biggest allegations against your party is that it handed Bangladesh over to India. Let me give you one example. The current Finance Advisor (de facto minister) has told the media that India's cancellation of transshipment facilities has led to cost escalation to the tune of Tk 2,000 crore ($164 million). India is our friend. We have blood relations with India. In 1971, the Indian Army fought shoulder to shoulder with Bangladesh's Mukti Bahini (liberation army). The Indian Army shed blood for Bangladesh's cause. West Bengal (the eastern Indian state that borders Bangladesh) gave shelter to 10 million people from Bangladesh. India's then-prime minister, Indira Gandhi, and all of India's opposition parties stood by Bangladesh. India is our political and economic friend. The misinformation campaign branding us as India's agents has existed for a long time. When 'Bangabandhu' Sheikh Mujibur Rahman placed his famous Six-point Demand (in 1966 when Bangladesh was still East Pakistan), it was dubbed an Indian conspiracy. After Independence, they dubbed the India-Bangladesh Treaty of 1972 as akin to accepting India's slavery. But they never cancelled it even after capturing power through Mujib's murder (in 1975). They ran the country for 28 years thereafter. As for the Yunus government, it has not canceled any agreement with India either. During the AL's rule, organizations like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch issued repeated statements denouncing violations of human rights, including in cases of forced disappearance, death in allegedly staged encounters, and mass arrests of opposition party leaders and workers. Why were these organizations prompted to issue repeated statements? Why did human rights violations become such an important issue during your party's rule? That's because the media was free during our rule. Today, the media has no freedom to publish all that is happening. During our time, television talk shows that sharply criticized the government were more numerous. Now, the media has been paralyzed. Press accreditation of 168 journalists has been cancelled. Eight journalists have been killed, nearly a hundred have been injured, and nearly a thousand journalists have lost their jobs. Journalists have been sacked for questioning a government advisor who holds ministerial status. I wouldn't say that our rule did not see terror, intimidation, corruption and other malpractices; but our government's rule has been comparatively better than the rest. There is no rule of law now. One (student leader-turned-advisor) entered the airport carrying a magazine of a firearm! Had this occurred in our time, the person would have landed in jail. Now, it's just mob terror all around. Only a few days ago, BNP workers publicly disrobed a Hindu woman. Today, Bangladesh stands as disrobed as that Hindu woman. Even during AL rule, journalists like Tasneem Khalil and Zulkarnain Saer were forced to work from outside the country. Why? If someone tries to create unrest in the country using false information, the government has to act. The election schedule has been announced, but AL leaders are either in hiding or in jail. What's your plan? Only time can tell. We believe the people of Bangladesh will give a befitting reply to the conspirators who handed the country over to fascist and terrorist-led mob rule. They will respond on the streets. It may appear that we are in disarray, terrorized, and our leaders are living in hiding. But as much as 52 percent of the country is living in fear, surveys have shown. We have lost power to a conspiracy, but AL leaders and workers are united. We will take the fight to the streets. Shouldn't the AL apologize to the people of Bangladesh? Has the issue come up in party discussions? Apology is a non-issue. We feel that Hasina tried to take the country in the best direction for 15 years. Some of the activities of workers like us have triggered controversies. It is up to her to decide how to deal with these issues when she addresses the people of the country. Mistakes can't be ruled out. None is beyond mistakes. But first, we have to figure out what our mistakes were. We are discussing it, but we can't make them public now. All we can say now is that we are victims of a conspiracy and the conspiracy has hurt our trust. Even if there had been irregularities, corruption and terrorization during our rule, why has the new Bangladesh not been freed from discrimination? Why are AL workers, why are the people who carry the spirit of the Liberation War, being targeted by mobs? Why are the minorities being subjected to atrocities? Their fight against us was for a better Bangladesh, right? There appears to be little chance for your party to take part in the coming election. How would you fight back? People have realized that they have been duped. That's why they (opponents) don't want AL to be in the electoral field. If they don't, we'll cross the bridge as it comes.
Fox Sports
6 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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New York Post
8 hours ago
- Sport
- New York Post
2025 MLB All-Star Game props, odds: Target the Over/Under as AL battles NL
An embarrassment of riches will be scattered throughout the diamond with stars Tuesday night for this year's Midseason Classic. The All-Star Game kicks off with two of the best pitchers in the major leagues this season, as Cy Young candidates Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal will clash. Surely every player in the dugout will be standing up and leaning against the railing instead of sitting back on the bench. Watching these two pitchers go to work is appointment viewing, and the entire league should be on alert to see these two studs work. The total for this game is understandably low, coming in at seven runs across most of the betting market. It's worth remembering that Skenes and Skubal will potentially pitch for just one inning, and the rest of this game features some loaded offenses. Baseball player holding a bat during All-Star Game workouts.s red hot going into the All-Star Break. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Still, just one All-Star Game since 2018 has totaled more than seven runs. Is this game going to be a pitcher's paradise going forward? The last offensive showcase we had was in 2018 when the AL defeated the NL, 8-6. Scoring is about on par with years past (4.38 runs per game in 2025 vs. 4.39 in 2024), and no data shows baseballs are any different or that Torpedo bats have any positive offensive correlation. Still, some of the pitchers behind the elite two are missing from action, notably Jacob DeGrom, who will not pitch in the game, along with Max Fried and Garrett Crochet. That potentially leaves us with Clayton Kershaw, who was picked as a friendly gesture more than for merit, to pitch behind Skenes, along with MacKenzie Gore and others. Learn all you need to know about MLB Betting None of these pitchers are bad per se, but there is certainly a drop off. All of these things lead me to a total of over seven runs bet. I suspect that this is a year for an offensive explosion in the All-Star Game. PICK: Over 7 total runs (-120, Caesars Sportsbook) Why Trust New York Post Betting Erich Richter is a brazilian jiu-jitsu blue belt but he has a black belt in MMA betting. During the football season he's showcased massive profits at The Post in the player prop market the last two seasons. While constantly betting long shots, his return on investment is 30.15 percent since 2022.
