Good Matchup: Kevin Pillar is Batting .486 Against Left-Handed Pitching

In today’s newsletter…

- Leading Off: MLB futures 
- MLB: Pillar’s success against lefties
- News: Lakers back to square one 

The Major League Baseball season is about 40% done, and the Yankees, Guardians, Mariners, Phillies, Brewers and Dodgers are leading their divisions. Now that we’ve seen a good amount of baseball, MLB futures are becoming more data-driven. Here’s where FanDuel has some full-season bets as of this morning:

• Aaron Judge is the favorite to win AL MVP (-110), and Gunnar Henderson (+480), Juan Soto (+490), and Bobby Witt Jr. (+550) follow.

• On the NL side, Mookie Betts (+145) and Shohei Ohtani and Bryce Harper (+430) are most likely to win the MVP award, with Fernando Tatis Jr. next as a +1300 longshot.

• For the Cy Young, Tarik Skubal (+130) and Corbin Burnes (+440) lead the AL, while Zack Wheeler (+200), Tyler Glasnow (+800) and Ranger Suarez (+950) are the top contenders in the NL.

• The Yankees are +180 to win the AL, the Orioles are +500 and the Mariners are +650.

• In the NL, the Dodgers are +125, the Phillies are +300 and the Braves are +450.

• The Yankees are -105 to finish the regular season with the best record in baseball, the Dodgers are +195, and the Phillies are +320.

In today’s newsletter, Jack is tracking a tough matchup for Kansas City’s Brady Singer, the Diamondbacks to get on the board quickly, and Bryan Woo to continue his great start to the year.