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Julio Urías está a un paso de ganar el trofeo Cy Young

Urías se une a Fernando Valenzuela quien fue nominado al premio en el año 1981 consiguiendo el primer lugar en la liga Nacional

El pitcher sinaloense de Los Angeles Dodgers, Julio Urías fue incluido en la terna final de la Liga Nacional de convocados al trofeo Cy Young del año.

El zurdo se convierte en el cuarto mexicano en ser nominado al galardón promediando 2.27 carreras limpias teniendo la mejor efectividad en el Viejo Circuito.

El mexicano entró a la terna final junto a Sandy Alcántara de los Miami Marlins y Max Fried de los Atlanta Braves y será el próximo 16 de noviembre cuando se den a conocer los resultados de la votación.

Urías se une a Fernando Valenzuela quien fue nominado al premio en el año 1981 consiguiendo el primer lugar en la liga Nacional. Teodoro Higuera quien culminó en segundo lugar en la Liga Americana en 1986. Mismo lugar que Esteban Loaiza en la Liga Americana en 2003.

El Cy Young se entrega desde 1956 al mejor pitcher de la liga y el ganador lo elige un comité de 28 miembros de la Asociación de escritores de beisbol de Estados Unidos.

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Sports Betting Futures: NFL, MLB and CFP National Championship odds entering September

Football title odds will never be better than now.

In this month’s preview of betting futures, I’m expanding the NFL category to include much more than Super Bowl odds. With the football season kicking off, we take a look at MVP and all the other awards too.

Major League Baseball awards appear to be mostly locked up, but you can still get a glimpse at who the leaders are for MVP and Cy Young as the season rolls into its final month. The big item here though is obviously World Series odds, with plenty of value still available in the market.

Finally, college football is also in full swing now. So we close with a look at which teams have the best odds to win the national title.

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Dylan Cease, the White Sox’ best hope, is also the best Cy Young value play on the board

The All-Star snub is closing in on a much larger accolade.

We’ve discussed the hapless Chicago White Sox, manager Tony La Russa and the woes of the South Siders pretty much all season long over here at FTW.

Not much has changed. The team is still stuck at .500, still in third place in the American League Central and still trying to prove their best days are ahead.

They likely won’t make the playoffs. If they do, they certainly don’t seem set up to go far (though the August 2 trade deadline could change things).

There is one aspect of the Sox season that is worth appreciating, however, and Cy Young bettors will want to pay attention. For as tumultuous a summer as Chicago has endured, Dylan Cease has been able to provide relief every five days.

Cease is currently +9000 to win AL Cy Young at Tipico Sportsbook. He began the year at +1200. And the only thing he’s done since then is prove again and again how dominant he already is at 26 years old. Don’t be fooled by his absurd All-Star Game snub. Take a look at the evidence for yourself.

Dylan Cease Stats (AL rank)

Innings Pitched Wins Above Replacement Strikeouts K/9 ERA Hits Per 9 IP Home Runs Per 9 IP Fielding Independent Pitching
110.2 (10th) 3.6 (2nd) 154 (1st) 12.524 (1st) 2.03 (3rd) 6.75 (4th) 0.651 (4th) 2.67 (4th)

According to Tankathon, the White Sox have the second-easiest schedule remaining. While it may not help the team’s playoff chances too much, it should aide Cease’s Cy Young campaign. As his stuff continues to dominate he should have no trouble facing weaker lineups.

The issue is that the pitchers with shorter odds ahead of him continue to dominate as well. To cash this ticket the likes of favorites Shane McClanahan (+162) and Justin Verlander (+250) will need to stumble.

It’s certainly possible, but it’s also the reason why Cease’s odds remain significantly longer.

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Cy Young-favorite Justin Verlander is defying all logic and dominating like never before

After two seasons off and at age 39, Justin Verlander is (still) the best pitcher in the American League.

The thing about undergoing Tommy John surgery is that rarely do players come back significantly better than they were before. That’s hardly the main objective of the procedure.

The point of ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction is not to improve a pitcher’s arm, but to get it as close back to its natural state as possible — often times using a tendon taken from a patient’s leg or, in cases where that isn’t feasible, using one from a cadaver.

Then the body has to accept it. The player has to learn how to use their arm again from scratch with months of grueling physical therapy. And nothing about the process is at all guaranteed despite how “routine” an average fan would like to believe.

As he told Jeff Passan in the 2016 book The Arm, Dr. Orr Limpisvasti, a surgeon at the Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles reminds his patients of that fact each time before he performs the operation:

“Just so you know, I’m going to fix your arm so you can destroy it again. And this light bulb goes off. Here’s what we know: Throwing is bad for your arm. You’re good at it and love doing it. And you tore your God-given UCL, probably the best one you’ll ever have by a long shot, and if we put a new one in, you’re refurbishing it so you can do the exact same thing that you did before.”

Here are two other facts we know for certain:

  1. The biggest risk factor for future injury is previous injury
  2. Player performance will decline as athletes get older

We are now inching ever closer towards adding an exception to those three rules: “Unless your name is Justin Verlander.”

Julio Urías fuera de los nominados al Cy Young

Julio Urías no logró ser considerado en la terna de pitchers merecedores del premio Cy Young al mejor lanzador del año.

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Una vez concluida la temporada de la MLB, vienen los premios a lo más destacado del año en el beisbol de las grandes ligas.

Pero tristemente el mexicano Julio Urías no logró ser considerado en la terna de pitchers merecedores del premio al mejor lanzador del año.

Ni los 20 triunfos fueron suficientes para que el sinaloense de los Dodgers tuviera cabida en la votación, aunque ciertamente no tuvo grandes números en otras estadísticas que se consideran como efectividad, ponches, innings lanzados, etc.

Sin embargo su compañero Max Scherzer quien jugó para Washington Nationals y Los Angeles Dodgers en la temporada, sí está considerado para el Cy Young de la Liga Nacional junto a Cobin Burnes de Milwaukee Breewers y Zach Weeler de Philladelphia Pillies.

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Bet on these MLB pitchers to win the 2020 NL Cy Young Award

Making our picks and best bets to win the NL Cy Young Award in the shortened 2020 MLB season.

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Our 2020 MLB award previews at SportsbookWire continue with a look at the National League Cy Young. NL pitchers won’t be required to hit in the shortened 2020 season, meaning they’ll each need to face a designated hitter every time through the opponent’s batting order. Below, we make our picks and best bets to win the 2020 NL Cy Young Award.

2020 NL Cy Young best bets: Favorite

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Saturday, July 11 at 2:35 p.m. ET.

Max Scherzer, Washington Nationals (+450)

Scherzer leads all National League pitchers with an average of 12.60 strikeouts per nine innings in the first half of the season since 2017. His 2.30 first-half ERA ranks third over the last three season and his 129 1/3 innings pitched are the most of all starters.

Scherzer has three career Cy Young Awards, including back-to-back wins in 2016 and 2017. He hasn’t finished outside of the top five in voting since 2012 while still with the Detroit Tigers in the American League. His odds are nearly twice as high as those of reigning back-to-back winner Jacob deGrom (+280).

New to sports betting? A $10 bet on Scherzer (+450) to win the NL Cy Young would return a profit of $45. The same bet on deGrom fetches a return of just $28.

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2020 NL Cy Young best bets: Contender

Josh Hader, Milwaukee Brewers (+3300)

I’ve been down on Hader as a 2020 Fantasy Baseball target, but his versatility and importance out of the Brewers bullpen could have him in the running for the 2020 NL Cy Young in a season expected to shake up conventional pitcher roles.

Hader ranked ninth among all Brewers pitchers with 75 2/3 innings pitched last year. Top-two starters Zach Davies and Chase Anderson left this offseason. De facto No. 1 starter Brandon Woodruff tossed just 121 2/3 frames in his breakout 2019 campaign.

Hader went 3-5 with 37 saves last year. He enters the 2020 campaign as the Brewers’ closer, but he could also make some starts as an opener this year. The modified extra-inning rules, which will see each team start every half-inning with a runner on second base, could give Hader more win opportunities this season.

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2020 NL Cy Young best bets: Long shot

Robbie Ray, Arizona Diamondbacks (+5000)

Ray ranks second to Scherzer with an 11.78 strikeout rate over the first half of the last three seasons. He finished 2019 with a 4.34 ERA but a career-best 12.13 K/9. He even cut down on his walk rate from 2018.

He’s the incumbent ace of an improved Diamondbacks team entering the season. SP Madison Bumgarner was signed in free agency, and his experience could help Ray, who enters just his sixth full season.

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