BetED has posted odds on all eight major awards. A quick run through the big four; leave any thoughts on the RoY and MoY odds in the comments.
AL MVP
These are very interesting. There is no way I'd take K-Rod at -250, and Hamilton at -200 seems even worse. The next two are very interesting though. If the Twins win the Central, I think Morneau will probably win (especially if he gets a big hit or two over the next few days). He is probably the best option here, at +450. Pedroia is also interesting; he may win by default if the Twins don't win the division.
NL MVP
Four guys at worse than even money. The juice on these things is always pretty high, but that is incredibly bad. I think they at least got the four guys right; I can't see how the MVP doesn't come from the pool of Berkman, Delgado, Howard, and Pujols. None of those are good odds though.
AL Cy Young
Interesting to note here that Matsuzaka, K-Rod, Halladay, Santana, and Mussina opened at +800, +900, +1000, +1500, and +2000, respectively. All of those are now higher, while Lee's line (-3000) hasn't moved; looks like they weren't getting any action on the other guys at first, and want people on anyone but Lee.
I don't see any starter beating out Lee, who has a huge lead over the rest of the SPs in Cy Young Predictor. The only one I would consider is K-Rod at 15-1, which seems like a possibility if Lee pitches poorly against the White Sox on Sunday.
NL Cy Young
Once again, BetED has identified four contenders and is offering them at negative juice: Dempster, Lincecum, Volquez, and Webb. This time, though, they haven't chosen the top four guys. There's no way that Edinson Volquez has a better chance of winning than Johan Santana, who hasn't lost since June 28. He'll pitch on Sunday unless the Mets can't be eliminated (in which case they'd save him for a tiebreaker or G1 of the NLDS), and looks to be a good play at +1500.
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http://vegaswatch.net/2008/09/beted-m...
