Aaron Decide is knocking on the door of the American League MVP dialog after a scorching scorching few weeks with he bat.
The Yankees slugger is now +330 at FanDuel Sportsbook to win his second MVP award, simply behind his outfield mate Juan Soto, who stays a +260 favourite.
Decide got here into the season because the consensus favourite to win the award after a toe harm took away his shot at a second straight MVP final yr.
After a gradual begin for his requirements, Decide is within the midst of top-of-the-line months of his profession, hitting .376/.495/.906 with 11 house runs and 12 doubles in Might.
Decide is now up 17 lengthy balls on the yr, which is tied with Gunnar Henderson for the second-most within the majors, with a league-leading 1.029 OPS.
Maybe most surprisingly, Decide has held his personal in middle subject after switching to the center of the diamond full-time this season with +1 Outs Above Common thus far.
2024 AL MVP odds
| Participant | Odds |
|---|---|
| Juan Soto | +260 |
| Aaron Decide | +330 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | +400 |
| Gunnar Henderson | +550 |
| Kyle Tucker | +600 |
| Jose Ramirez | 20/1 |
| Corey Seager | 35/1 |
| Rafael Devers | 65/1 |
| Adley Rutschman | 65/1 |
| Salvador Perez | 65/1 |
However Decide’s glorious two months haven’t been sufficient to surpass his teammate, Soto, who’s having a historic season of his personal, because the betting favourite.
Soto blasted his fifteenth dinger of the season Tuesday evening towards the Angels and is now slashing .312/.408/.581, placing him on tempo for a career-best full season.
The free-agent-to-be hit the bottom operating in pinstripes earlier this spring and rapidly took maintain of pole place within the AL MVP race.
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The dynamic duo has helped the Yankees bounce off to an AL East-leading 37-19 begin heading into Wednesday evening’s contest in Anaheim.
Decide and Soto wish to turn out to be simply the seventh teammates within the divisional period (since 1969) to complete 1-2 within the MVP voting.
They’ll must fend off Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. (+400), Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson (+550) and Astros outfielder Kyle Tucker (+600), who spherical out the highest 5 and are the one different gamers with odds higher than 20/1.
