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World Collection 2024: Early MLB Bracket Storylines, Pitching Matchups and MVP Odds

World Series 2024: Early MLB Bracket Storylines, Pitching Matchups and MVP Odds 0 of 3 B/R October has more to offer than just tricks and treats. There’s also the World Series—and what a World Series the MLB has cooked up for the 2024 iteration. It’s the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers, a

World Collection 2024: Early MLB Bracket Storylines, Pitching Matchups and MVP Odds

World Collection 2024: Early MLB Bracket Storylines, Pitching Matchups and MVP Odds

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    October has extra to supply than simply methods and treats.

    There’s additionally the World Collection—and what a World Collection the MLB has cooked up for the 2024 iteration. It is the New York Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers, a few longtime rivals arriving on the Fall Basic as the perfect groups—by regular-season and playoff efficiency—from their respective leagues.

    Between the key markets, the historical past between these organizations (that is their twelfth World Collection collision) and the copious quantities of expertise on each rosters, this can be a collection that sells itself. In case you want extra convincing, although, or simply wish to whet your urge for food forward of Friday’s collection opener, let’s dissect all the pieces you have to find out about this collection, from storylines and schedules to matchups and odds (courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook).

High Storylines

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    LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 13: Shohei Ohtani #17 and Mookie Betts #50 of the Los Angeles Dodgers meet before Game One of the Championship Series against the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium on October 13, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

    Sean M. Haffey/Getty Photos

    It is tempting to only say this Dodgers vs. Yankees, L.A. vs. New York—what else do you want, proper? Effectively, the baseball gods are giving us excess of only a renewed rivalry.

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    The star energy on this collection is staggering. It is Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and a hopefully healthy(ish) Freddie Freeman on one facet, and Aaron Decide, Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton on the opposite. Any one in every of these gamers can take over a sport on his personal, if not a complete collection.

    If the celebs cancel one another out, it is going to be fascinating to see how the pitchers fare. New York’s rotation is quite a bit more healthy and deeper, to not point out it opens with Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodón, who’ve eight All-Star picks between them. Having stated that, this injury-riddled L.A. workers did have 4 shutouts over a five-game stretch this postseason, so perhaps the Dodgers’ hurlers can warmth up once more.

    Greater than something, the highest storyline right here is the standard of baseball that could possibly be in retailer. It is not typically that the game’s high seeds lock horns within the championship spherical; that is solely the thirteenth collision between No. 1 seeds within the World Collection within the Divisional Period (since 1969). This could possibly be an all-timer.

Collection Schedule, Pitching Matchups

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    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 15: Gerrit Cole #45 of the New York Yankees delivers a pitch in the first inning against the Cleveland Guardians during Game Two of the American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium on October 15, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

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    Collection Schedule

    Sport 1: Friday Oct, 25 at Dodger Stadium

    Sport 2: Saturday, Oct. 26 at Dodger Stadium

    Sport 3: Monday, Oct. 28 at Yankee Stadium

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    Sport 4: Tuesday, Oct. 29 at Yankee Stadium

    Sport 5*: Wednesday, Oct. 30 at Yankee Stadium

    Sport 6*: Friday, Nov. 1 at Dodger Stadium

    Sport 7*: Saturday, Nov. 2 at Dodger Stadium

    *if vital

    **all video games at 8:08 p.m. ET on FOX

    Pitching Matchups

    Between L.A.’s harm points and the distinctive nature of the World Collection, little or no has been introduced in the case of pitching matchups. Cole will open for the Yankees. The Dodgers will trot out Jack Flaherty for the opener and Yoshinobu Yamamoto for Sport 2. That is the extent of bulletins.

    New York will presumably make the most of Rodón, Clarke Schmidt and Luis Gil in Video games 2, 3 and 4, although the order may differ. And there is at all times an opportunity issues change. Possibly Nestor Cortes rejoins the rotation. Or maybe the Yankees fall into an early gap and get aggressive with their assignments.

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    As for the Dodgers, it is a matter of when not if they will should lean on their bullpen. The hope is that Flaherty, Yamamoto and Walker Buehler do effectively sufficient of their begins to not overly tax the relievers behind them.

World Collection, MVP Odds

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    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 14:  Juan Soto #22 of the New York Yankees jokes with Aaron Judge #99 during the 4th inning of Game One of the American League Championship Series against the Cleveland Guardians at Yankee Stadium on October 14, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

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    World Collection Odds

    Dodgers -125

    Yankees +105

    MVP Odds

    Shohei Ohtani +200

    Aaron Decide +400

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    Juan Soto +500

    Giancarlo Stanton +800

    Mookie Betts +900

    Max Muncy +1000

    Gerrit Cole +2500

    Tommy Edman +2500

    Teoscar Hernández +2800

    Kiké Hernández +2800

    Gleyber Torres +3000

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    Jazz Chisholm Jr. +3500

    Freddie Freeman +3500

    Will Smith +4000

    Jack Flaherty +5000

    Carlos Rodón +6000

    Austin Wells +7000

    Yoshinobu Yamamoto +8000

    Anthony Volpe +10000

    Anthony Rizzo +10000

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    Luke Weaver +10000

    Walker Buehler +10000

    Gavin Lux +13000

    Michael Kopech +15000

    Blake Treinen +15000

    Jasson Domínguez +15000

    Clay Holmes +15000

    Landon Knack +20000

    Clarke Schmidt +20000

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    Chris Taylor +20000

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