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Eloy’s goals: MVP, 40 homers — and health for playoff run originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Eloy Jiménez called Michael Kopech “the Nolan Ryan of this generation” and Luis Robert “the next Mike Trout.” But he’s got some lofty expectations for himself, too. Earlier this spring, he said, “I think one day, I’m going to be the MVP.” He’s well on his way to showing he can put up the kinds of numbers that reel in that hardware. The White Sox slugger is fresh off what was quietly one of… Source link

LeBron James didn’t want to be here in the first place. It turns out his team didn’t need him. Team LeBron cruised to a 170-150 All-Star Game win over Team Durant on Sunday as James watched the second half from the bench. Giannis Antetokounmpo was perfect from the field, while Stephen Curry and Damian Lillard held their own in-game 3-point contest to lead the rout. Team LeBron won each of the first three quarters to carry a 146-125 edge into the final stanza, meaning that the first team to 170… Source link

The first half of the 2020-21 NBA season is officially in the books as the league has reached the All-Star break. Now is the time to look back at the first half and review some of the bigger moments of the season thus far which includes the ongoing MVP debate. Philadelphia 76ers star big man Joel Embiid has been squarely in the conversation as he has put the team on his back throughout the season and he is a guy who has put on some amazing performances. He is averaging 30.2 points and 11.6… Source link

While most opinions seem to be split on who will win Super Bowl LV, ours are not. The Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers meet up Sunday, a game that can be live-streamed on the Yahoo Sports app. The Buccaneers won three straight road games in the postseason to get to the Super Bowl, which will be in their own stadium. They were led by Tom Brady, making his 10th Super Bowl appearance, a bunch of offensive stars and a top-10 defense. The Buccaneers are a fantastic team and have had a… Source link

The passes skipped. The sacks got taken. The question no longer was if Bill Belichick should pull Cam Newton, but why hadn’t he already. If not for performance reasons, then humanitarian. Watching the NFL’s one-time Superman stagger about Monday was like seeing an aged boxer get into the ring one time too many. There was no puncher’s chance here, just Buffalo humiliating Newton and New England, 38-9, sealing the Patriots’ first losing season since 2000. If you were looking for a big,… Source link

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes had a huge lead in the MVP voting just a few weeks ago. Now he trails. Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has overtaken Mahomes as the MVP favorite in the odds posted at BetMGM. Rodgers is -150 to win MVP. Mahomes is +160. Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen is a distant third at +1800. (UPDATE: With news on Monday that Chiefs coach Andy Reid plans to rest starters in Week 17, Rodgers’ odds changed again, moving to -225.) It’s a… Source link

The Los Angeles Lakers barely just won the 2019-20 NBA championship, but it’s already time to make predictions for the 2020-21 NBA season. The season starts Tuesday after a condensed offseason, a whirlwind week of the 2020 NBA draft and free agency and a shortened season amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of 82 games, this season will have 72 and only half of the schedule has been announced. The second half will be released sometime before the All-Star break, which will not include an… Source link

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is one of just nine players to have ever won NFL Most Valuable Player honors twice. Winning a third MVP and joining an even more exclusive club is still a goal for the 37-year old Rodgers as he is one of the favorites to win the award heading into the final three weeks of the season. “There’s not many guys who have won three, so that would definitely mean a lot,” Rodgers said Wednesday, via Zach Kruse of PackersWire.com. In fact, there’s only… Source link

To hear it from social media, sports talk radio or any other outlet that discusses the NFL, the MVP race is still wide open. It’s not. Patrick Mahomes is the runaway favorite right now. Just check the odds. Over the past few weeks, Mahomes has distanced himself. Two weeks ago he was the favorite at BetMGM but just +180 to win. The next week he went to -118. Then BetMGM cut off anyone who wanted in on the Mahomes action. Mahomes is now -400 to win MVP. That means someone would need to bet $400… Source link

Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Ryan Tepera randomly receives tenth-place vote on NL MVP ballot. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) Major League Baseball officially wrapped up awards week Thursday, handing out Most Valuable Player Awards to a pair of first basemen — José Abreu of the Chicago White Sox and Freddie Freeman of the Atlanta Braves. While there was no real drama surrounding the award announcements — every winner, beginning with Don Mattingly’s Manager of the Year Award on… Source link