2022 NL Cy Young Betting Odds
NL Cy Young Betting Odds
The 2022 Major League Baseball season has not failed to produce its share of storylines during its rip-roaring front half of the campaign, with just a few series separating the league from the intermission. Several of the biggest names in the league have failed to move the needle in the Cy Young race, specifically the New York Mets’ Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom, both of whom have battled injuries, while the main contenders vary in experience and prestige.
Here are the updated betting odds for the race for the 2022 National League Cy Young award.
Sandy Alcantara (+160)
The 2019 All-Star is having the clear best season of his still-young career, posting an 8-3 record and 1.95 ERA, the third-best mark in the entire league.
The 6-foot-4 ace has also tossed 97 strikeouts, the 14th-highest total, and does not have a single month on record throwing an ERA above 2.13. His consistency has been paramount to a Miami Marlins team that has gone 37-40, putting them fourth in the National League East, and he could be the target of a midseason transaction as the trade deadline approaches and contenders scramble to bolster their rosters. Alcantara does not have the biggest name in baseball, nor does he represent one of the most glamorous franchises, but he has shut down a majority of the teams that he has faced thus far— his worst start this season ended with him giving up five earned runs in 5.2 innings, which is pretty remarkable for anybody’s “worst.”
On the flip side, he has tossed four shutouts, two of which were also complete games. Miami’s main man may not have many career accolades, but he can expect to be the starter for the National League’s All-Star team and has the best betting odds at winning the Cy Young.
Joe Musgrove (+500)
Joe Musgrove (8-2, 2.25 ERA) is one of two pitchers with +500 odds of winning the NL Cy Young and has established himself as one of the premier talents in the league, tying for the 10th-most wins of any pitcher and producing the league’s sixth-best earned run average.
Musgrove gets an additional tick in his favor because he has been a prominent figure on a San Diego Padres team that has either led or been right behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West for almost the entirety of the season, whereas someone such as Alcantara has only produced heroics for an irrelevant team.
Aside from the obvious, Musgrove has a chance to bolster his Cy Young case by continuing to lead his team to a divisional pennant and potentially usurping the sliding New York Mets in the overall standings. It is also important to note that before his last two outings, the 29-year-old had a ridiculous 1.59 ERA, but giving up nine earned runs in his 13 innings since has inflated his ERA.
Corbin Burnes (+500)
The reigning NL Cy Young winner has been on the mark once again in 2022, going 7-4 with a 2.36 ERA, the eight-best mark in baseball.
Burnes is the most prominent figure on a National League Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers crew that prides itself on pitching excellence, an expectation that has been met more times than not once again this season. The 27-year-old could face a degree of voter fatigue considering that he won the award last season, although his ERA has improved, and he has a chance to once again lead his squad to a division championship.
Among his many excellent qualities, Burnes is the master of the strikeout, recording the league’s third-most thus far with 124. He has also been somewhat of an iron man in his five-year career, and this sort of consistency practically guarantees that he will remain relevant in the Cy Young conversation throughout its dying moments some months down the road.
If there is one achievement that Burnes should shoot for, it would be matching Musgrove with complete-game shutouts, as he does not have one this season.
Tony Gonsolin (+1000)
The Dodgers’ top figure has not made an All-Star team in his brief career, yet he is among the favorites to win the award for league’s top pitcher.
With a flawless 10-0 record and 1.54 ERA, both of which sit atop everyone in baseball, however, it is a miracle that his betting odds are as high as they are— this could be attributed to the flood of talent in LA and the fact that his name value does not live up to that of players such as Clayton Kershaw or Julio Urias, but regardless, his outstanding performances show that, up to this point, he has not only been the best Dodgers pitcher but the league’s best.
There are several causes for concern, such as his strikeout total, which is only tied for 46th despite his other outstanding marks, but it would be unwise to count him out after how hot he has started the season.
Derek Hudson
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